Guilherme Posser da Costa
Guilherme Posser da Costa | |
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Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe | |
In office 5 January 1999 – 26 September 2001 | |
President | Miguel Trovoada Fradique de Menezes |
Preceded by | Raul Bragança Neto |
Succeeded by | Evaristo Carvalho |
Personal details | |
Born | MLSTP/PSD | 18 May 1953
Alma mater | University of Coimbra |
Guilherme Posser da Costa (born 18 May 1953)
Posser da Costa served as
Biography
Guilherme Posser da Costa was born on 18 May 1953 in São Tomé, the main city of then-Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe. He studied law at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, specializing in legal science; he graduated in June 1978. He is married and has three children.[3]
Posser da Costa pursued a political career in the
In early November 2004, Posser da Costa allegedly damaged the office of Attorney General Adelino Pereira in an attack. Pereira said this was due to an investigation regarding embezzlement of aid funds and ordered Posser da Costa's arrest.[5] Due to the alleged attack, Posser da Costa resigned from parliament on 15 February 2005, just before his parliamentary immunity was to be removed.[4] On 18 March 2005, he received a two-year suspended sentence for damaging Pereira's office and "insulting public authority"; he was also required to pay compensation. For his part, Posser da Costa said that Pereira had falsely accused him of being involved in the embezzlement of aid funds, and that he had only been a witness in that case, not a suspect.[6]
Posser da Costa was a member of the National Commission and the Political Commission of the MLSTP/PSD, and Vice President under the leadership of founder and former
Posser da Costa was nominated as the MLSTP/PSD candidate in the 2021 presidential election. Although he won the support of the MLSTP/PSD National Council with 83% of the vote, his competitors for the nomination chose to register as independent candidates in the election.[8]
Honours
- Grand Cross, Order of Prince Henry (1996)[9]
References
- OCLC 277052406.
- ^ "Biografia de Guilherme Posser da Costa". ikuska.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Quem é Guilherme Posser da Costa?". Téla Nón (in European Portuguese). 13 April 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Sao Tome's ex-PM accuses president of "insulting" parliament", Xinhua, February 17, 2005.
- ^ "Sao Tome's ex-PM arrested over alleged embezzlement of aid fund", Xinhua, November 5, 2004.
- ^ "Sao Tome's ex-PM gets suspended sentence for damaging top lawyer's office", Xinhua, March 19, 2005.
- ^ "Election de maréchal pour Guilherme Posser da Costa", Afriquecentrale.info, February 27, 2005. "Afriquecentrale.info - Election de maréchal pour Guilherme Posser da Costa" (in French). Archived from the original on 20 March 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2006..
- ^ Veiga, Abel (22 March 2021). "Guilherme Posser é candidato do MLSTP às eleições presidenciais". Téla Nón (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Estrangeiros com Ordens Portuguesas". Presidência da República Portuguesa (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 October 2021.