List of heads of government of São Tomé and Príncipe

Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
Coat of arms of São Tomé and Príncipe
Incumbent Gabriel Costa since 12 December 2012
Appointer	Manuel Pinto da Costa, as President of São Tomé and Príncipe
Inaugural holder	Leonel Mário d'Alva
Formation	21 December 1974

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Prime Ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe (1974–Present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe	Autonomy
21 December 1974 to 12 July 1975		Leonel Mário d'Alva, Prime Minister	MLSTP
Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe	Independence from Portugal
(República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe)
12 July 1975 to 9 April 1979		Miguel Trovoada, Prime Minister	MLSTP
9 April 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 Daio, Prime Minister	n-p
16 May 1992 to 2 July 1994		Norberto 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 the 15-21 August 1995 coup d'état
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 28 March 2002		Evaristo Carvalho, Prime Minister	ADI
28 March 2002 to 7 October 2002		Gabriel Costa, Prime Minister	MLSTP/PSD	1st Term
7 October 2002 to 18 September 2004		Maria das Neves, Prime Minister	MLSTP/PSD	♀; Briefly interrupted during the 16-23 July 2003 coup d'état
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 14 February 2008		Tomé Vera Cruz, Prime Minister	MDFM-PL
14 February 2008 to 22 June 2008		Patrice Trovoada, Prime Minister	ADI	1st Term
22 June 2008 to 14 August 2010		Joaquim Rafael Branco, Prime Minister	MLSTP/PSD
14 August 2010 to 12 December 2012		Patrice Trovoada, Prime Minister	ADI	2nd Term
12 December 2012 to Present		Gabriel Costa, Prime Minister	MLSTP/PSD	2nd Term

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
MLSTP/PSD	Movimento de Libertação de São Tomé e Príncipe-Partido Social Democrata
	(Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe/Social Democratic Party) left-wing, successor to the MLSTP
PCD-GR	Partido de Convergencia Democratica-Grupo de Reflexão
	(Democratic Convergence Party-Reflection Group) moderate left of center
n-p	non-partisan

See also

• São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Heads of State 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 Incumbents

External links

• World Statesmen - São Tomé and Príncipe