Joaquim Rafael Branco

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Joaquim Rafael Branco
Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
In office 22 June 2008 – 14 August 2010
President	Fradique de Menezes
Preceded by	Patrice Trovoada
Succeeded by	Patrice Trovoada
Personal details
Born	1953 (age 60–61) Overseas Province of São Tomé and Príncipe, Portugal
Political party	Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe-Social Democratic Party

Joaquim Rafael Branco (born 1953) is a São Toméan politician. He is the President of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe/Social Democratic Party (MLSTP/PSD), and the former Prime Minister of the country.^[1]

Branco served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2001. He was Minister of Public Works in July 2003, when he was detained by the military during a briefly successful coup d'etat led by Major Fernando Pereira.

After Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada was defeated in a May 2008 vote of no confidence proposed by the MLSTP/PSD, which was then in opposition, President Fradique de Menezes asked the MLSTP/PSD to form a government in June 2008, and it chose Branco to become the next Prime Minister.^[1] Trovoada's Independent Democratic Action (ADI) party denounced Menezes' designation of the MLSTP/PSD to form a government as unconstitutional.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Líder da oposição em São Tomé Príncipe designado primeiro-ministro", Panapress, June 12, 2008 (Portuguese).
↑ "Partido de PM destituído contra nomeação de novo Governo são-tomense", Panapress, June 16, 2008 (Portuguese).

Political offices
Preceded by Paulo Jorge Espirito Santo	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2000–2001	Succeeded by Patrice Trovoada
		Succeeded by Patrice Trovoada
Preceded by Patrice Trovoada	Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe 2008–2010

v t e Prime Ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe

Leonel Mário d'Alva Miguel Trovoada office abolished, 1979-88 Celestino Rocha da Costa Daniel Daio Norberto Costa Alegre Evaristo Carvalho Carlos Graça Armindo Vaz d'Almeida Raul Bragança Neto Guilherme Posser da Costa Evaristo Carvalho Gabriel Costa Maria das Neves Damião Vaz d'Almeida Maria do Carmo Silveira Tomé Vera Cruz Patrice Trovoada Joaquim Rafael Branco Patrice Trovoada Gabriel Costa

Authority control	VIAF: 54253104 ISNI: 0000 0000 6649 4892 SUDOC: 070967091

Persondata
Name	Branco, Joaquim Rafael
Alternative names
Short description	São Tomé and Príncipe politician
Date of birth	1953
Place of birth	Overseas Province of São Tomé and Príncipe, Portugal
Date of death
Place of death

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