Miguel Trovoada

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is da Cunha Lisboa and the second or paternal family name is Trovoada.
Miguel Trovoada
Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
In office
12 July 1975 – 9 April 1979
PresidentManuel Pinto da Costa
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byCelestino Rocha da Costa
Personal details
Born (1936-12-27) 27 December 1936 (age 88)
São Tomé, Overseas Province of São Tomé and Príncipe, Portugal
Political partyIndependent Democratic Action
SpouseMaria Helena Trovoada
Alma materUniversity of Lisbon

Miguel dos Anjos da Cunha Lisboa Trovoada (born 27 December 1936)

United Nations Secretary-General
and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS). Prior to this, he was the executive secretary of the Gulf of Guinea Commission.

Background

Born in the city of

Organization of African Unity
(OAU) recognition for the MLSTP in 1972.

After the fall of the Estado Novo regime in Portugal due to the Carnation Revolution, Trovoada served as the São Tomé and Príncipe first Prime Minister and Minister of Defence[2] (12 July 1975 – March 1979). However, relations between the President and Prime Minister soon deteriorated, culminating in 1979 when President da Costa abolished the post of Prime Minister. Several months later, Trovoada was charged with plotting against the government. After being arrested and detained for 21 months, Trovoada went into exile in France. In May 1990, following the adoption of a democratic constitution, he returned to his country and campaigned for president.

In 1991, Trovoada was elected President in the country's first

re-elected in 1996. When he first ran for President, he was not a member of any political party, but by the end of his first term he had formed a new political party – Independent Democratic Action
(ADI).

His government was briefly overthrown in a

coup d'etat
from 15 August 1995 to 21 August 1995.

President Trovoada's term ended on 3 September 2001 when Fradique de Menezes was sworn in as the new head of state.

Trovoada took office as executive secretary of the Gulf of Guinea Commission on 21 January 2009.[3]

Miguel Trovoada's son

Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
in 2008.

References

  1. ^ Clements, John (1994). "Clements' Encyclopedia of World Governments".
  2. ISBN 9004147365
    .
  3. ^ "São Tomé president congratulates secretary of Gulf of Guinea Commission", AngolaPress, 22 January 2009.
Government offices
Preceded by
(–)
Foreign Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe

1975 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe

1975–1979 		Succeeded by
Post Abolished
Preceded by
President of São Tomé and Príncipe

1991–2001 		Succeeded by
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