Ministry of National Defence (São Tomé and Príncipe)
Government ministry of São Tomé and Príncipe
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The Ministry of National Defence (Portuguese: Ministério da Defesa Nacional) is a ministry of the Government of São Tomé and Príncipe.[1] It is headed by the Minister of Defence and Internal Order (Portuguese: Ministro da Defesa e Ordem Interna). The current minister is Lieutenant colonel Jorge Amado.[2]
JurisdictionSão Tomé and Príncipe
Minister responsible
- Lieutenant colonel Jorge Amado
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Ministers of defence
- Miguel Trovoada, July 1975 - December 1975[3]
- Manuel Pinto da Costa, December 1975 - August 1977[3]
- Daniel Daio, August 1977 - December 1981[3]
- Celestino Rocha da Costa, December 1981 - January 1982[3]
- Manuel Pinto da Costa, January 1982 - July 1982[3]
- Óscar Sousa, July 1982 - February 1986[3]
- Tomé Dias da Costa, February 1986 - January 1987[3]
- Raúl Bragança Neto, January 1987 - February 1991[3]
- Albertino Bragança, February 1991 - May 1992[3]
- Evaristo Carvalho, May 1992 - October 1994[3]
- Alberto Paulino, October 1994 - August 1995[3]
- Carlos Carneiro Paquete da Silva, August 1995 - November 1996[3]
- João Quaresma Viegas Bexigas, November 1996 - September 2001[3]
- Luís Maria, September 2001 - April 2001[3]
- Victor Tavares Monteiro, April 2001 - October 2002[3]
- Lt. Col. Fernando Danquá, October 2002 - August 2003[3]
- Óscar Sousa, August 2003[3] - 2008
- Elsa Pinto, 2008 - 2010
- Carlos Olímpio Stock, 2010 - 2012
- Óscar Sousa, 2012 - 2014
- Carlos Olímpio Stock, 2014 - 2016
- Arlindo Ramos, 2016 - 2018
- Óscar Sousa, 2018 - 2021
- Jorge Bom Jesus, 2021 - 2022
- Jorge Amado, 2022 - Incumbent
