São Tomé and Príncipe

 

 

21 Dec 1471               Claimed for Portugal

       1485               Portuguese colony

15 Jul 1580 - 01 Dec 1640 Spanish possession

11 Jun 1951               Overseas Province of Portugal

21 Dec 1974               Autonomy

12 Jul 1975               Independence, Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe

 

 

Presidents

12 Jul 1975 - 04 Mar 1991 Manuel Pinto da Costa (1st Time)

04 Mar      - 03 Apr 1991 Leonel Mário d'Alva

03 Apr 1991 - 03 Sep 2001 Miguel dos Anjos da Cunha Lisboa Trovoada

15 Aug      - 21 Aug 1995 Manuel Quintas de Almeida ........................... 1957-2006

                          (Chairman of the National Salvation Junta)

03 Sep 2001 - 03 Sep 2011 Fradique Melo Bandeira de Menezes

16 Jul      - 23 Jul 2003 Fernando Pereira

                          (Chairman of the Military Junta of National Salvation)

03 Sep 2011 -             Manuel Pinto da Costa (2nd Time)

 

 

Prime Ministers

21 Dec 1974 - 12 Jul 1975 Leonel Mário d'Alva

12 Jul 1975 - 09 Apr 1979 Miguel dos Anjos da Cunha Lisboa Trovoada

08 Jan 1988 - 07 Feb 1991 Celestino Rocha da Costa

07 Feb 1991 - 16 May 1992 Daniel Lima dos Santos Daio

16 May 1992 - 02 Jul 1994 Norberto José d'Alva Costa Alegre

07 Jul      - 25 Oct 1994 Evaristo do Espírito Santo Carvalho (1st Time)

25 Oct 1994 - 31 Dec 1995 Carlos Alberto Monteiro Dias da Graça ............... 1931-2013

31 Dec 1995 - 19 Nov 1996 Armindo Vaz d'Almeida

19 Nov 1996 - 05 Jan 1999 Raul Wagner Bragança Neto

05 Jan 1999 - 18 Sep 2001 Guilherme Posser de Costa

26 Sep 2001 - 28 Mar 2002 Evaristo do Espírito Santo Carvalho (2nd Time)

28 Mar      - 07 Oct 2002 Gabriel Arcanjo Ferreira da Costa (1st Time)

07 Oct 2002 - 18 Sep 2004 Maria das Neves Ceita Baptista da Sousa

18 Sep 2004 - 08 Jun 2005 Damiao Vaz d'Almeida

08 Jan 2005 - 21 Apr 2006 Maria do Carmo Trovoada Pires de Carvalho Silvestre

21 Apr 2006 - 14 Feb 2008 Tomé Soares da Vera Cruz

14 Feb      - 22 Jun 2008 Patrice Emery Trovoada (1st Time)

22 Jun 2008 - 14 Aug 2010 Joaquim Rafael Branco

14 Aug 2010 - 12 Dec 2012 Patrice Emery Trovoada (2nd Time)

12 Dec 2012 - 29 Nov 2014 Gabriel Arcanjo Ferreira da Costa (2nd Time)

29 Nov 2014 -             Patrice Emery Trovoada (3rd Time)