Gabriel Costa (politician)

Gabriel Costa
Gabriel Costa
10th Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
	In office; 12 December 2012 – 25 November 2014
President	Manuel Pinto da Costa
Preceded by	Patrice Trovoada
Succeeded by	Patrice Trovoada
	In office; 28 March 2002 – 7 October 2002
President	Fradique de Menezes
Preceded by	Evaristo Carvalho
Succeeded by	Maria das Neves
Personal details
Born	1954 (age 69–70)
Political party	Union of Democrats for Citizenship and Development

Gabriel Arcanjo Ferreira da Costa (born 1954) is a Santoméan politician who was the tenth prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 12 December 2012 to 25 November 2014. He previously served as prime minister briefly in 2002.

Prime minister

Costa was Ambassador to Portugal from 2000 to 2002.^[1] He was appointed as prime minister to lead a coalition government in April 2002.^[2] However, he was sacked from that post on 27 September 2002 by President Fradique de Menezes after army unrest over two controversial promotions.^[3]

On 3 December 2012, he was again appointed as prime minister by President Manuel Pinto da Costa, following the dismissal of Patrice Trovoada, who had lost his parliamentary majority.^[1]

References

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^ ^a ^b "President da Costa appoints Gabriel Costa as new Prime Minister" Archived 11 January 2013 at archive.today, Politics Abroad, 11 December 2012.
^ "Sao Tome's New Government to Take Office". Xinhua News Agency. 8 April 2002. Retrieved 17 August 2010.^{[dead link]}
^ "Sao Tome coalition parties voice support for new govt". Xinhua News Agency. 11 October 2002. Retrieved 17 August 2010.^{[dead link]}

Political offices
Preceded by Evaristo Carvalho	Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe 2002	Succeeded by Maria das Neves
Preceded by Patrice Trovoada	Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe 2012–2014	Succeeded by Patrice Trovoada

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[New-1] "President da Costa appoints Gabriel Costa as new Prime Minister" Archived 11 January 2013 at archive.today, Politics Abroad, 11 December 2012.

[office-2] "Sao Tome's New Government to Take Office". Xinhua News Agency. 8 April 2002. Retrieved 17 August 2010.^{[dead link]}

[voice-3] "Sao Tome coalition parties voice support for new govt". Xinhua News Agency. 11 October 2002. Retrieved 17 August 2010.^{[dead link]}

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