Manuel Pinto da Costa
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Manuel Pinto da Costa is a 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.
Pinto da Costa in January 2014
Pinto da Costa during a state visit to the United States in September 1986
Fradique de Menezes
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Fradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes is a São Toméan politician who was the third president of São Tomé and Príncipe from 2001 to 2011.
Manuel Pinto da Costa
…returned to contest elections in 1996, but was narrowly defeated, taking 47.26% of the vote, by Trovoada. In 2001, he ran against incumbent president Fradique de Menezes, who won a majority in the first round. Pinto da Costa was elected leader of the MLSTP in May 1998. He resigned from the party in February 2005 and…
Fradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes