Ovídio Manuel Barbosa Pequeno (born 5 November 1954) is a São Toméan diplomat, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs on two occasions. He became the Ambassador of São Tomé and Príncipe to the

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(

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) in December 1999, serving in that position until he was appointed

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"NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SÃO TOMÉ AND PRINCIPE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS"
United Nations Press Release BIO/3761, 27 April 2006. on 30 March 2004. He remained Foreign Minister until 16 January 2006, when he resigned. Following his resignation, he was appointed as

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to the

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and Ambassador to the

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and

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. He presented his credentials as Ambassador to the US on 10 March 2006, as Permanent Representative to the UN on 27 April 2006, and became Ambassador to Canada on 6 June 2006. In the government appointed on November 20, 2007, Barbosa Pequeno was again named Minister of Foreign Affairs, replacing

Carlos Gustavo dos Anjos Carlos Gustavo dos Anjos (born 1 September 1956) is a São Toméan diplomat. He was Foreign Minister from April 2006, when the government of Prime Minister Tomé Vera Cruz took office, until he was replaced by Ovídio Manuel Barbosa Pequeno on N ...

."Le président santoméen remanie le gouvernement"
, Panapress (afriquenligne.fr), November 21, 2007 .

References

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