The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities () is a ministry of the

Government of São Tomé and Príncipe The Government of São Tomé and Príncipe ( Portuguese: ''Governo de São Tomé e Príncipe'') is the executive branch of São Tomé and Príncipe. The current government is the XVI Constitutional Government, established on 9 January 2025. Minis ...

. The current minister is

Edite Tenjua Edite Ramos da Costa Tenjua (born 31 December 1972) is a São Tomé and Príncipe lawyer and businesswoman who was Ministry of Justice (São Tomé and Príncipe), Minister of Justice from 2012 to 2014, served on the country's Constitutional Court ...

, 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 Miguel dos Anjos da Cunha Lisboa Trovoada (born 27 December 1936) is a São Toméan politician who was the Heads of Government of São Tomé and Príncipe, prime minister from 1975 to 1979 and second president of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1 ...

*1975–1978:

Leonel Mário d'Alva Leonel Mário d'Alva (born July 22, 1935) is a São Toméan politician. He served as the prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 21 December 1974 until 12 July 1975, when the country gained independence from Portugal. D'Alva was Mini ...

*1978–1985:

Maria do Nascimento da Graça Amorim Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

*1985–1986:

Manuel Pinto da Costa Manuel Pinto da Costa (born 5 August 1937) is a São Tomé and Príncipe, Santomean economist and politician who served as the first president of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1975 to 1991. He again served as president from 2011 to 2016. Life a ...

*1986–1987:

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 ...

*1987–1988: Guilherme Posser da Costa *1988–1990:

Carlos Graça Carlos Alberto Monteiro Dias da Graça (22 December 1931 – 17 April 2013) was a São Toméan politician who served as the country's sixth Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe, prime minister. Biography Graça was one of the co-founders ...

*1990–1991: Guilherme Posser da Costa *1991–1993:

Alda Bandeira Alda Bandeira Tavares Vaz da Conceição (born September 22, 1949) is a politician in São Tomé and Príncipe. Bandeira was born in Santana, São Tomé and Príncipe, Santana, São Tomé in 1949. Her father was a nurse. She studied modern languag ...

*1993–1994:

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 Ministry of National Defence (São Tomé ...

*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 Joaquim Rafael Branco (born 7 September 1953) is a São Toméan politician who was the 16th prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 2008 to 2010. He is the President of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe/Social D ...

*2001–2002:

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 ...

*2002............ Mateus Meira Rita *2002............

*2002–2004: Mateus Meira Rita *2004............

Óscar Sousa Óscar Sacramento de Sousa (born September 8, 1951) is a Santomean politician. He served as Minister of National Defence of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1982 to 1986, from 2003 to 2008, from 2012 to 2014, and from 2018 to 2021. He also served as ...

*2004–2006:

Ovídio Manuel Barbosa Pequeno 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 Republic of China (Taiwan) in December 1999, ...

*2006............

*2006–2007: Carlos Gustavo dos Anjos *2007–2008:

*2008–2010: Carlos Tiny *2010–2012: Manuel Salvador dos Ramos *2012–2014: Natália Pedro da Costa Umbelina Neto *2014–2016: Manuel Salvador dos Ramos *2016–2018: Urbino Botelho *2018–2019: Elsa Teixeira Pinto *2020–2022:

*2022–2023:

Alberto Neto Pereira Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertin ...

*2023–present: Gareth Guadalupe

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