List of Presidents of São Tomé and Príncipe

President of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
Coat of arms of São Tomé and Príncipe
Incumbent Evaristo Carvalho since 3 September 2016
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Manuel Pinto da Costa
Formation	12 July 1975

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The following is a list of Presidents of São Tomé and Príncipe, since the establishment of the office of President in 1975.

Key

№	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party
1	Manuel Pinto da Costa (1937–)	12 July 1975	4 March 1991	MLSTP/PSD
—	Leonel Mário d'Alva (1935–) Acting President	4 March 1991	3 April 1991	MLSTP/PSD
2	Miguel Trovoada (1936–)	3 April 1991	15 August 1995^[1]	Independent / ADI
—	Manuel Quintas de Almeida (1957–2006)^[2]	15 August 1995	21 August 1995	Military
(2)	Miguel Trovoada (1936–)	21 August 1995	3 September 2001	ADI
3	Fradique de Menezes (1942–)	3 September 2001	16 July 2003^[1]	MDFM – PL
—	Fernando Pereira (1963–)^[3]	16 July 2003	23 July 2003	Military
(3)	Fradique de Menezes (1942–)	23 July 2003	3 September 2011	MDFM – PL
(1)	Manuel Pinto da Costa (1937–)	3 September 2011	3 September 2016	Independent
4	Evaristo Carvalho (1941–)	3 September 2016	Incumbent	ADI

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
Evaristo Carvalho	Independent Democratic Action	34,522	49.88	42,058	100
Manuel Pinto da Costa	Independent	17,188	24.84	–	–
Maria das Neves	MLSTP/PSD	16,828	24.31
Manuel do Rosário	Independent	478	0.69
Hélder Barros	Independent	194	0.28
Invalid/blank votes		2,314	–	9,115	–
Total		71,524	100	51,173	100
Registered voters/turnout		111,222	64.31		46.00
Sources: Téla Nón, CEN

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Presidents of São Tomé and Príncipe

Manuel Pinto da Costa Miguel Trovoada Manuel Quintas de Almeida (Acting) Miguel Trovoada Fradique de Menezes Fernando Pereira (Acting) Fradique de Menezes Manuel Pinto da Costa Evaristo Carvalho

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UN member states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Other states	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

UN member states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Other states	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

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