Heads of state of São Tomé and Príncipe

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Contents 1 Latest election 2 List of Heads of State of São Tomé and Príncipe 3 Affiliations:- 4 See also:-

[edit] Latest election

Main article: São Tomé and Príncipe presidential election, 2006

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Summary of the 30 July 2006 São Tomé and Príncipe presidential election results

Candidates, parties	Votes	%
Fradique de Menezes, Force for Change Democratic Movement-Liberal Party	34,859	60.6
Patrice Trovoada, Independent Democratic Action	22,339	38.8
Nilo Guimarães	342	0.6
Total (Turnout 64.9%)	57,540	100.0
Registered voters	91,119
Total votes cast	59,178
Invalid votes	1,638
Source: African Election Database. Fradique de Menezes was also supported by the Democratic Convergence Party (PCD), the Social Liberal Party (PLS) and the Christian Democratic Front (FDC). Patrice Trovoada was also supported by a lot of oppositional parties, including the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe/Social Democratic Party (MLSTP-PSD)

[edit] List of Heads of State of São Tomé and Príncipe

Tenure	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
12 July 1975 to 3 April 1991	Manuel Pinto da Costa, President	MLSTP
3 April 1991 to 15 August 1995	Miguel Trovoada, President	n-p, ADI	The country’s first democratically elected president
15 August 1995 to 21 August 1995	Manuel Quintas de Almeida, Chairman of the National Salvation Junta	mil
21 August 1995 to 3 September 2001	Miguel Trovoada, President	ADI	Re-elected in 1996
3 September 2001 to 16 July 2003	Fradique de Menezes, President	ADI, MDFM-PL
16 July 2003 to 23 July 2003	Fernando Pereira, Chairman of the Military Junta of National Salvation	mil
23 July 2003 to present	Fradique de Menezes, President	MDFM-PL

[edit] Affiliations:-

ADI	Acçao Democrática Independente
	(Independent Democratic Action) centrist
MDFM-PL	Movimento Democrático das Forças de Mudança-Partido Liberal
	(Force for Change Democratic Movement-Liberal Party)
MLSTP	Movimento de Libertação de São Tomé e Príncipe
	(Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe) socialist, only legal party 1975-1990
Mil	Military
n-p	non-partisan
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[edit] See also:-

• São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Heads of Government of São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Presidents of the Regional Government of Príncipe
  • Foreign Ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Colonial Heads of São Tomé and Príncipe
• Lists of Incumbentset:São Tomé ja Príncipe riigipeade loend

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