Assembleia Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe
Sao Tome coat of arms | Parliament building |
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Basic data | |
Seat: | Sao Tome |
Legislative period : | four years |
First session: | 1975 |
MPs: | 55 |
Current legislative period | |
Last choice: | 2014 |
Chair: | José da Graça Diogo |
Distribution of seats: |
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Website | |
www.parlamento.st |
The Assembleia Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe ( German National Assembly of São Tomé and Príncipe ) is the parliament in the unicameral system of the West African island state of São Tomé and Príncipe .
Fifty-five members are elected to the Assembleia Nacional for a four-year term using proportional representation. Every citizen aged 18 and over is entitled to vote.
Palácio dos Congressos
The Assembleia Nacional is based in the Palácio dos Congressos , a building in the capital São Tomé .
elections
From 1975 to 1990 São Tomé and Príncipe was a one-party state with the only party Movimento de Libertação de São Tomé e Príncipe . The transition to electoral democracy and the multi-party system was achieved with the constitutional referendum in São Tomé and Príncipe in 1990 and the subsequent parliamentary elections in 1991 . After the parliamentary elections on August 1, 2010 , the MLSTP-PSD was no longer the strongest party for the first time.
Political party | elections | ||||||||||
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1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | |
Acção Democrática Independente (ADI) | - | - | - | - | 14th | 16 | 8th | 11 | 26th | 33 | 25th |
Uê Kédadji (UK) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Coligação Democrática da Oposição (CODO) | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Movimento de Libertação de São Tomé e Príncipe-Partido Social Democrata (MLSTP-PSD) | 16 | 40 | 51 | 21st | 27 | 31 | 24 | 20th | 21st | 16 | 23 |
Partido de Convergência Democrática-Grupo de Reflexão (PCD-GR) | - | - | - | 33 | 14th | 8th | 23 | 23 | 7th | 5 | 5 |
Movimento Democrático das Forças da Mudança-Partido Liberal (MDFM-PL) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |||
União dos Democratas para Cidadania e Desenvolvimento (UDD) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Movimento Novo Rumo (MNR) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Independent list | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Total seats | 16 | 40 | 51 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 |
President of the Assembleia Nacional or the Constitutional Assembly since 1975
President of the Constitutional Assembly (1975) | |
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Term of office | Official |
1975 | Nuno Xavier Daniel Dias |
1975 | Guilherme do Sacramento Neto |
President of the Assembleia Nacional 1975 - present | |
Term of office | Official |
1975-1980 | Leonel Mário d'Alva |
1980-1991 | Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo |
1991-1994 | Leonel Mário d'Alva |
1994-2002 | Francisco Fortunato Pires |
2002-2006 | Dionísio Tomé Dias |
2006-2010 | Francisco da Silva |
2010 | Arzemiro dos Prazeres |
2010–2012 | Evaristo Carvalho |
2012– | José da Graça Diogo |
Web links
- Official website of the Assembleia Nacional of São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese)
- São Tomé And Principe (Assembleia nacional), General information . In: IPU PARLINE database . Inter-Parliamentary Union . Retrieved August 25, 2015.
- Palácio dos Congressos e Assembleia Nacional . Photo at Panoramio
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Assembleia Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe - Biografia do Presidente da Assembleia Nacional . Retrieved August 25, 2015.
- ^ Antigos Presidentes - Assembleia Nacional de S.Tomé e Príncipe . Retrieved August 25, 2015.
Coordinates: 0 ° 19 ′ 53 " N , 6 ° 44 ′ 26" E