Américo d'Oliveira dos Ramos is a São Toméan banker and politician who has served as the

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since 12 January 2025. He previously served as the governor of the

Central Bank of São Tomé and Príncipe The Central Bank of São Tomé and Príncipe ( or BCSTP) is the central bank of São Tomé and Príncipe, a Portuguese-speaking island nation off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. History At independence in 1975, the government con ...

, and he has also worked for the

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Biography

From

São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main isla ...

, Ramos studied abroad at

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in Russia, where he received a degree in economics after having attended from 1989 to 1995. He then returned to São Tomé and joined the

, where he worked as a budget technician from 1995 to 1998. He then worked as head of the expenditure department from 1998 to 2000, head of the budget department from 2000 to 2001, budget director from 2001 to 2009, and director of the treasury from 2009 to 2010. In 2010, Ramos became the São Tomé Minister of Finance, a position he held until 2012. He was re-appointed to the post in 2014 and served until 2018, then becoming an economic advisor to President Evaristo de Carvalho in 2019. Ramos was arrested in 2019 and detained for three months, charged with corruption,

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and other crimes. After he spent three months in the country's central prison, he was acquitted by the

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. In December 2022, Ramos was appointed governor of the

. On 6 January 2025, President

Carlos Vila Nova Carlos Manuel Vila Nova (born 27 July 1959) is a São Toméan politician who is the fifth and current president of São Tomé and Príncipe, since 2 October 2021. He served as the minister of Public Works and Natural Resources (2010–2012) and ...

dissolved the government of prime minister

Patrice Trovoada Patrice Émery Trovoada (born 18 March 1962) is a São Toméan politician who was the 15th prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from November 2022 to 6 January 2025. He previously served as prime minister from February 2008 to June 2008, f ...

, for a "remarkable inability to resolve the country's many challenges," and ordered the

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(ADI) party to present candidates for prime minister within 72 hours. On 9 January, the president selected Ilza Amado Vaz to be the next prime minister. However, just three days later, on 12 January, she announced her resignation from the office. After Amado Vaz's resignation, the ADI party nominated

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, a former attorney general, to be the next prime minister. However, instead of Pereira, Vila Nova announced on 12 January that he was appointing Ramos to be the next prime minister.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramos, Américo 1957 births Living people 21st-century São Tomé and Príncipe politicians Moscow State University alumni Government ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe Prime ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe