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Albertino Bragança
Albertino Homem dos Santos Sequeira Bragança (born 9 March 1944 in São Tomé Island) is a Santomean politician who is member of the Force for Change Democratic Movement – Liberal Party (MDFM-PL), he was Defence Minister from 1991 to 1992 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Daniel Lima dos Santos Daio and Foreign minister from 1992 to 1994 during the Costa Alegre cabinet. On 8 April 2002, he became member of the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ... and was reelected on 18 May 2006. at the homepage of the Santomean National Assembly] He represented the constituency (electoral district) of Água Grande and was member of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Tomé Island
São Tomé Island, at , is the largest island of São Tomé and Príncipe and is home in May 2018 to about 193,380 or 96% of the nation's population. The island is divided into six districts. It is located 2 km (1¼ miles) north of the equator. Geography São Tomé Island is about long (north-south) by wide (east-west). It rises to at Pico de São Tomé and includes the capital city, São Tomé, on the northeast coast. The nearest city on mainland Africa is the port city of Port Gentil in Gabon located to the east. The island is surrounded by a number of small islands, including Ilhéu das Rolas, Ilhéu das Cabras and Ilhéu Gabado. Languages The main language is Portuguese, but there are many speakers of Forro and Angolar (Ngola), two Portuguese-based creole languages. The name "Sao Tome" is Portuguese for "Saint Thomas." Geology The entire island of São Tomé is a massive shield volcano that rises from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, over below sea lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Force For Change Democratic Movement – Liberal Party
The Force for Change Democratic Movement-Liberal Party ( pt, Movimento Democrático das Forças da Mudança-Partido Liberal) is a former political party in São Tomé and Príncipe. It was formed after the 29 July 2001 presidential elections by supporters of the elected president Fradique de Menezes. Tomé Vera Cruz became the party's first Secretary General. At the legislative elections, 3 March 2002, the party won together with the Democratic Convergence Party-Reflection Group 39.4% of the popular vote and 23 out of 55 seats. The same alliance won at the legislative election, held on 26 March 2006, 36.79% and 23 out of 55 seats. Fradique de Menezes, who represented the party in the 30 July 2006 presidential election, was re-elected with 60.58% of the vote. Decline and merger The party lost 22 seats in the 2010 parliamentary election after the Democratic Convergence Party – Reflection Group (PDC–RG) had left their alliance with it in 2008 and only retained a single seat, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Lima Dos Santos Daio
Daniel Lima dos Santos Daio (born 1947) is a former Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe. The first person freely elected to the position, he held the post from 7 February 1991 to 16 May 1992. He is a member of the Democratic Convergence Party – Reflection Group Biography When the archipelago became independent in 1975, he was member of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe (MLSTP) at the time, a one-party state. He had earlier served as Minister of Defence and National Security, but was dismissed in 1982 by President Manuel Pinto da Costa, who appointed himself to the vacancy. Google Books When the nation became a multi-party state in 1990, he was secretary general of the new party, the |
Norberto D'Alva Costa Alegre
Norberto José d'Alva Costa Alegre (born 1951) is a former prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe. He held the post from 16 May 1992 to 2 July 1994. He is a member of the Democratic Convergence Party-Reflection Group (PCD-GR) and is married to former foreign minister Alda Bandeira. Political life In 1990, he ran for the Democratic Convergence Party-Reflection Group (PCD-GR). In the Daniel Daio government, he was finance and economic minister. He became Prime Minister which he held the post from 16 May 1992 until his dismissal by the president on 2 July 1994. He was succeeded by former Defence Minister Evaristo Carvalho Evaristo do Espírito Santo Carvalho (22 October 1941 – 28 May 2022) was a São Toméan politician who served as the fourth president of São Tomé and Príncipe from 2016 to 2021. He was previously the prime minister of the country on two o .... He later ran in parliament for the constituency of Água Grande where the national capital São Tomé is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly (São Tomé And Príncipe)
The National Assembly (Portuguese: ''Assembleia Nacional'') is the unicameral legislative body of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. The Assembly is elected for a four-year term. The Assembly can be dissolved by the President of the Republic in case of a ''serious institutional crisis'', only with the approval of the Council of State, a consultative assembly composed of 12 members.Article 88, Constitution of Sao Tomé The National Assembly was founded in 1975, as a result of the adoption of the Constitution of São Tomé and Príncipe. From 1975 to 1990, the Assembly served as a rubber-stamp to the one-party regime led by the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe. With the constitutional reforms of 1990, the country became a multi-party democracy and the first competitive elections were organised in 1991. Latest election results Previous election results * The Independent Democratic Action (ADI) party was a member of the Uê Kédadji co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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People From Água Grande District
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defence Ministers Of São Tomé And Príncipe
Defense or defence may refer to: Tactical, martial, and political acts or groups * Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare * Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with emergencies or enemy attacks * Defense industry, industry which manufactures and sells weapons and military technology * Self-defense, the use of force to defend oneself * Haganah (Hebrew for "The Defence"), a paramilitary organization in British Palestine * National security, security of a nation state, its citizens, economy, and institutions, as a duty of government ** Defence diplomacy, pursuit of foreign policy objectives through the peaceful employment of defence resources ** Ministry of defence or department of defense, a part of government which regulates the armed forces ** Defence minister, a cabinet position in charge of a ministry of defense * International security, measures taken by states and international organizations to ensure mutual survival and safety Sports * Defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Ministers Of São Tomé And Príncipe
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities ( pt, Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Cooperação e Comunidades) is a ministry of the Government of São Tomé and Príncipe. The current Minister is Edite Tenjua, appointed in 2020. List of ministers This is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities of São Tomé and Príncipe: *1975............ Miguel Trovoada *1975–1978: Leonel Mário d'Alva *1978–1985: Maria do Nascimento da Graça Amorim *1985–1986: Manuel Pinto da Costa *1986–1987: Fradique de Menezes *1987–1988: Guilherme Posser da Costa *1988–1990: Carlos Graça *1990–1991: Guilherme Posser da Costa *1991–1993: Alda Bandeira *1993–1994: Albertino Bragança *1994............ Alberto Ferreira Chong *1994–1996: Guilherme Posser da Costa *1996–1999: Homero Jeronimo Salvaterra *1999............ Alberto Paulino *1999–2000: Paulo Jorge Espirito Santo *2000–2001: Joaquim Rafael Branco *2001–2002: Patric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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