Patrice Émery Trovoada (born 18 March 1962) is a São Toméan politician who is the 15th

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since November 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister from February 2008 to June 2008, from August 2010 to December 2012 and again from November 2014 to December 2018.

Life and career

Trovoada was born in Libreville,

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.Albertino Francisco and Nujoma Agostinho, ''Exorcising Devils from the Throne: São Tomé and Príncipe in the Chaos of Democratization'' (Algora Publishing, 2011) p81 He is the son of

Miguel Trovoada Miguel dos Anjos da Cunha Lisboa Trovoada (born December 27, 1936) was the prime minister from 1975 to 1979 and second president of São Tomé and Príncipe 1991 to 2001. On 16 July 2014, he was appointed the Special Representative of the Unite ...

, who was

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from 1991 to 2001,"De Menezes looks set for second term"
AFP, August 1, 2006. and was named after

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, the first Prime Minister of

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. He studied in Portugal and France. He served as the

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from September 2001 to 4 February 2002. He was also oil adviser to President Fradique de Menezes until Menezes fired him in May 2005, alleging that Trovoada had used his position to advance his business interests. Trovoada is Secretary-General of

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(ADI), a political party. He ran for President in the July 2006 presidential election, but was defeated by Menezes, the incumbent president. Trovoada was the only major opposition candidate and he received 38.82% of the vote. On 14 February 2008, Trovoada became Prime Minister; he was appointed by Menezes following the resignation of Tomé Vera Cruz. On 4 March 2008, he made a brief official visit to

. Trovoada's government was defeated in a censure motion in the National Assembly on 20 May 2008 after three months in office."Parlamento são-tomense aprova moção de censura contra Governo"
Panapress, May 20, 2008 . The motion, introduced by the opposition Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe/Social Democratic Party (MLSTP/PSD), received 30 votes in favor, 23 opposed, and two abstaining. In June, Menezes asked the MLSTP/PSD to form a government, and it chose its leader,

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, as Prime Minister."Líder da oposição em São Tomé Príncipe designado primeiro-ministro"
, Panapress, 12 June 2008 . After the 2010 parliamentary election, Trovoada returned as Prime Minister on 14 August 2010, but left office on 13 December 2012, after his government had lost its majority in parliament. However, the parliamentary election of 2014 again produced a majority for Trovoada's Independent Democratic Action party, with 33 of the 55 seats in the National Assembly, and he was again appointed to head a new government.

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