The Ministry of National Defence ( Portuguese: ''Ministério da Defesa Nacional'') 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 ...

. It is headed by the Minister of Defence and Internal Order ( Portuguese: ''Ministro da Defesa e Ordem Interna''). The current minister is Lieutenant colonel

Jorge Amado Jorge Amado ( 10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, includi ...

Ministers of defence

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 ...

, July 1975 - December 1975 *

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 ...

, December 1975 - August 1977 *

Daniel Daio Daniel Lima dos Santos Daio (born 1947) is a former Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe. The first person freely elected to the position, he held the post from 7 February 1991 to 16 May 1992. He is a member of the Democratic Convergence Par ...

, August 1977 - December 1981 *

Celestino Rocha da Costa Celestino Rocha da Costa (25 September 1938 – 23 December 2010) was a Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe, prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe. He held the post from 8 January 1988 to 7 February 1991. He was the last head of a ...

, December 1981 - January 1982 *

, January 1982 - July 1982 *

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 ...

, July 1982 - February 1986 * Tomé Dias da Costa, February 1986 - January 1987 * Raúl Bragança Neto, January 1987 - February 1991 *

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 ...

, February 1991 - May 1992 *

Evaristo Carvalho Evaristo do Espírito Santo Carvalho (22 October 1941 – 28 May 2022) was a São Toméan politician who served as the fourth president of São Tomé and Príncipe from 2016 to 2021. He was previously the prime minister of the country on two ...

, May 1992 - October 1994 * Alberto Paulino, October 1994 - August 1995 *

Carlos Carneiro Paquete da Silva Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere ...

, August 1995 - November 1996 *

João Quaresma Viegas Bexigas João is a given name of Portuguese language, Portuguese origin. It is equivalent to the given name John (given name), John. The diminutive is Joãozinho (disambiguation), Joãozinho and the Feminine (grammar), feminine is Joana. It is widespread ...

, November 1996 - September 2001 *

Luís Maria Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

, September 2001 - April 2001 *

Victor Tavares Monteiro The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

, April 2001 - October 2002 *Lt. Col.

Fernando Danquá Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, and former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa and Asia (like the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka). It is e ...

, October 2002 - August 2003 *

, August 2003 - 2008 *

Elsa Pinto Elsa Maria Neto D'Alva Teixeira de Barros Pinto is a São Tomé and Príncipe politician, and the country's former Defence and Justice Minister and from December 2018 until September 2020 Foreign Minister. In 2003 and 2004 (at least), she was a ...

, 2008 - 2010 *

Carlos Olímpio Stock Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere ...

, 2010 - 2012 *

, 2012 - 2014 *

, 2014 - 2016 *

Arlindo Ramos Arlindo is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Arlindo Barbeitos (born 1940), Angolan poet *Arlindo Chinaglia (born 1949), Brazilian politician and former President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil 2007–2009 *Arlindo Cruz (bo ...

, 2016 - 2018 *

, 2018 - 2021 *

Jorge Bom Jesus Jorge Lopes Bom Jesus (born 26 July 1962), also known as JBJ, is a Santomean linguist and politician who was the 17th Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 3 December 2018 to 10 November 2022. He is a member of the Movement for the Lib ...

, 2021 - 2022 *

, 2022 - Incumbent

References

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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 ...

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