Miguel Trovoada, a former prime minister who had been in exile since 1986, returned as an independent candidate and was elected president.

After Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada was defeated in a May 2008 vote of no confidence proposed by the MLSTP / PSD, which was then in opposition, President Fradique de Menezes asked the MLSTP / PSD to form a government in June 2008, and it chose Branco to become the next Prime Minister.

Menezes was re-elected on July 30, 2006, winning 60. 58 % of the vote and defeating Patrice Trovoada, son of former president Miguel Trovoada.

Miguel Trovoada, former Prime Minister ( 1975 – 1979 ) and President of São Tomé and Príncipe was also one of its students, as well as Francisca Van Dunem, director of the Lisbon public prosecution service.

Independence was achieved on July 12, 1975, with Manuel Pinto da Costa as President and Miguel Trovoada as Prime Minister.

In June 2008, after Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada of the Independent Democratic Action ( ADI ) party was defeated in a vote of no confidence, President Fradique de Menezes asked the MLSTP / PSD to form a government, and it chose Branco to become the next Prime Minister.

In the second round he was defeated by Trovoada who captured 52. 7 % of the vote to his 47. 3 %.

The MLSTP did not present an alternative candidate and Miguel Trovoada was elected unopposed.

Despite his previous declaration, Pinto da Costa returned to contest elections in 1996, but was narrowly defeated, taking 47. 26 % of the vote, by Trovoada.

Incumbent Miguel Trovoada was constitutionally barred from participating in the election having served the maximum of two five year terms.

The election was contested by four candidates ; incumbent President Miguel Trovoada, former President Manuel Pinto da Costa, Alda Bandeira, a former Foreign Minister, and former Prime Minister Carlos da Graça.

Ultimately only one candidate, Miguel Trovoada, ran for office, and was elected unopposed.

It was established in 1994 by the then president Miguel Trovoada and is a politically centrist party.

In the July 2006 presidential election, its leader Patrice Trovoada ran as the only major opposition candidate, but he was defeated by Menezes.

Trovoada became Prime Minister in February 2008, but was defeated in a May 2008 vote of confidence proposed by the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe / Social Democratic Party ( MLSTP / PSD )‎, and in June Menezes asked the MLSTP / PSD to form a new government.

** The São Tomé and Príncipe presidential election, the first contested presidential election in the history of São Tomé and Príncipe, is won by Miguel Trovoada.

On 13 March 2012, São Tomé and Príncipe with a decision of the Council of Ministers led by Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada recognized the Republic of Kosovo as independent and sovereign country.

The other members of the panel at the time were: President Miguel Trovoada ( former President of São Tomé and Príncipe ); Dr. Salim A. Salim ( former Secretary-General of the OAU ); Dr. Brigalia Bam ( Chair of South Africa's Electoral Commission ); and Elisabeth Pognon ( former President of the Constitutional Court of Benin ).

In the 30 July 2006 presidential election, Fradique de Menezes easily won a second five-year term in office, defeating two other candidates Patrice Trovoada ( son of former President Miguel Trovoada ) and independent Nilo Guimarães.

In the first round, he came in second behind the incumbent President Miguel Trovoada, winning 39 % of the vote to Trovoada's 41 %.

The party did not field a candidate in the 30 July 2006 presidential election, opting to join a coalition of parties supporting Patrice Trovoada of the Independent Democratic Action ( ADI ) party.

The party supported Patrice Trovoada in the 30 July 2006 presidential election.

The party supported Patrice Trovoada in the 30 July 2006 presidential election.

The party supported Patrice Trovoada in the 30 July 2006 presidential election.

The party supported Patrice Trovoada in the 30 July 2006 presidential election.

Trovoada won the election with 52. 7 % of the vote, based on a 78. 7 % turnout.

On the following day, in an attempt to resolve the political crisis, Trovoada dissolved the national assembly and announced that a legislative election would be held on 2 October.

In February, less than a month before the election, both Monso dos Santos and Guadalupe de Ceita withdrew from the election leaving Trovoada as the sole candidate.

Note: The official results published by the Supreme Court were Menezes ( 54. 36 %), Trovoada ( 39. 39 %), Tiny ( 3. 22 %), Monteiro ( 0. 86 %), Pires ( 0. 68 %), Invalid / Blank Votes ( 1. 49 %).

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