Heads of government of São Tomé and Príncipe

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[edit] List of Prime Ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe

Tenure Incumbent Affiliation Notes
21 December 1974 to 12 July 1975 Leonel Mário d'Alva, Prime Minister MLSTP Country became independent on 12 July 1975
12 July 1975 to March 1979 Miguel Trovoada, Prime Minister MLSTP
March 1979 to 8 January 1988 Post Abolished
8 January 1988 to 7 February 1991 Celestino Rocha da Costa, Prime Minister MLSTP
7 February 1991 to 16 May 1992 Daniel Lima dos Santos Daio, Prime Minister n-p
16 May 1992 to 2 July 1994 Norberto d'Alva Costa Alegre, Prime Minister PCD-GR
7 July 1994 to 25 October 1994 Evaristo Carvalho, Prime Minister ADI
25 October 1994 to 31 December 1995 Carlos da Graça, Prime Minister MLSTP-PSD Briefly interrupted during 15 August 1995-21 August 1995 military coup
31 December 1995 to 19 November 1996 Armindo Vaz d'Almeida, Prime Minister MLSTP-PSD
19 November 1996 to 5 January 1999 Raul Bragança Neto, Prime Minister MLSTP-PSD
5 January 1999 to 26 September 2001 Guilherme Posser da Costa, Prime Minister MLSTP-PSD
26 September 2001 to 26 March 2002 Evaristo Carvalho, Prime Minister ADI
26 March 2002 to 7 October 2002 Gabriel Arcanjo da Costa, Prime Minister MLSTP-PSD
7 October 2002 to 18 September 2004 Maria das Neves, Prime Minister MLSTP-PSD Briefly interrupted during 16 July 2003-23 July 2003 military coup
18 September 2004 to 8 June 2005 Damião Vaz d'Almeida, Prime Minister MLSTP-PSD
8 June 2005 to 21 April 2006 Maria do Carmo Silveira, Prime Minister MLSTP-PSD
21 April 2006 to present Tomé Vera Cruz, Prime Minister MDFM-PL

[edit] Political Affiliation

Acronym Political Party Ideology Notes
ADI Independent Democratic Action (Acção Democratica Independente) Centrist
MDFM-PL Force for Change Democratic Movement-Liberal Party (Movimento Democrático das Forças da Mudança-Partido Liberal)
MLSTP Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe (Movimento de Libertação de São Tomé e Príncipe) Socialist Sole Legal Party 1975-1990
MLSTP-PSD Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe-Social Democratic Party (Movimento de Libertação de São Tomé e Príncipe-Partido Social Democrata) Left-Wing Successor to the MLSTP
PCD-GR Democratic Convergence Party-Reflection Group (Partido de Convergencia Democratica-Grupo de Reflexão) Conservative, Right-Wing
n-p Non-partisan

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