Ovídio Manuel Barbosa Pequeno
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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
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) in December 1999, serving in that position until he was appointed
Minister of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and foreign relations, relations, diplomacy, bilateralism, ...
"NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SÃO TOMÉ AND PRINCIPE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS"
United Nations Press Release BIO/3761, 27 April 2006.
on 30 March 2004. He remained Foreign Minister until 16 January 2006, when he resigned. Following his resignation, he was appointed as Permanent Representative to the
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and Ambassador to the
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,
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and
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. He presented his credentials as Ambassador to the US on 10 March 2006, as Permanent Representative to the UN on 27 April 2006, and became Ambassador to Canada on 6 June 2006. In the government appointed on November 20, 2007, Barbosa Pequeno was again named Minister of Foreign Affairs, replacing Carlos Gustavo dos Anjos."Le président santoméen remanie le gouvernement"
, Panapress (afriquenligne.fr), November 21, 2007 .


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