The Democratic Renovation Party () is a

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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 ...

. At the last

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, 3 March 2002, the party joined the

Uê Kédadji Uê Kédadji is an electoral coalition in São Tomé and Príncipe. Member parties * Democratic Renovation Party * National Union for Democracy and Progress * Opposition Democratic Coalition *People's Party of Progress * Social Renewal Party – ...

alliance, that won 16.2% of the popular vote and 8 out of 55 seats. This alliance failed to win a seat in the

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. The party supported

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 ...

in the 30 July 2006

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. He won 38.82% of the vote, finishing a distant second to the incumbent

Fradique de Menezes Fradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes (born 21 March 1942) is a São Toméan politician who was the third president of São Tomé and Príncipe from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2003 to 2011. Early life Menezes was born on the then Portuguese colony ...

, who received 60.58% of the vote.

References

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