Patrice Trovoada

Patrice Trovoada in September 2012

Patrice Emery Trovoada (born March 18, 1962 ) is a politician in São Tomé and Príncipe . He is chairman of the Acção Democrática Independente (ADI) party and was Prime Minister from February 14 to May 20, 2008, from August 14, 2010 to December 4, 2012 and from November 29, 2014 to December 3, 2018 .

From 2001 to 2002 Trovoada was Foreign Minister of the island state.

In the presidential elections on June 30, 2006 Trovoada ran for the ADI with the support of other opposition parties such as the Movimento de Libertação - Partido Social Democrata (MLSTP-PSD), as well as the former presidents Manuel Pinto da Costa and Miguel Trovoada , his father, the Became the country's first prime minister in 1975 and was president from 1991 to 2001 . Trovoada won 38.8 percent of the vote, but was defeated by Fradique de Menezes , who got 60.6 percent of the vote.

After the government led by Prime Minister Tomé Vera Cruz was defeated at the beginning of February 2008 in a vote in parliament on the budget for 2008, which ultimately led to his resignation , Patrice Trovoada was appointed new Prime Minister on February 14, 2008 . This appointment was made possible because the Movimento Democrático das Forças da Mudança-Partido da Convergência Democrática (MDFM-PCD) and the ADI (11 parliamentary seats), which ruled with a minority of 23 of the 55 parliamentary seats, formed an alliance. The alliance also agreed to divide the offices of ministers among the parties of the new coalition as part of a power-sharing pact . However, the government was overthrown on May 20, 2008 by a vote of no confidence because some members of the government coalition voted with the opposition MLSTP-PSD. The new Prime Minister was Joaquim Rafael Branco from the MLSTP-PSD.

After the ADI became the strongest party with 26 seats in the parliamentary elections on August 1, 2010 , Patrice Trovoada became Prime Minister of a minority government on August 14, 2010 . One focus of his policy was the intensification of bilateral contacts with other African countries. Comprehensive cooperation was agreed with Angola , including in the oil sector.

On December 4, 2012, President Manuel Pinto da Costa sacked his government. On November 25, 2014, he was reappointed Prime Minister. In December 2018 he was replaced by Jorge Bom Jesus .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sao Tome e Principe: Presidential Campaign . In: African Research Bulletin, Political, Social and Cultural Series, Vol. 43, Issue 7, August 2006
2. ↑ Angus Reid Global Monitor: Election Tracker Sao Tome and Principe  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Reuters Africa: Sao Tome opposition leader set to become PM  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   . February 12, 2008, accessed April 29, 2008