Heads of State of São Tomé and Príncipe

List of Heads of State of São Tomé and Príncipe
Tenure Incumbent Affiliation Notes
12 July 1975 to 3 April 1991 Manuel Pinto da Costa, President MLSTP
3 April 1991 to 15 August 1995 Miguel Trovoada, President n-p, ADI The country’s first democratically elected president
15 August 1995 to 21 August 1995 Manuel Quintas de Almeida, Chairman of the National Salvation Junta mil
21 August 1995 to 3 September 2001 Miguel Trovoada, President ADI Re-elected in 1996
3 September 2001 to 16 July 2003 Fradique de Menezes, President ADI, MDFM-PL
16 July 2003 to 23 July 2003 Fernando Pereira, Chairman of the Military Junta of National Salvation mil
23 July 2003 to present Fradique de Menezes, President MDFM-PL