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Fradique de Menezes (né le 21 mars 1942), est le Président de Sao Tomé-et-Principe depuis le 29 juillet 2001.

Fradique de Menezes est né sur l'île de São Tomé en 1942, avant que São Tomé et Príncipe obtienne son indépendance du Portugal. Il a étudié au Portugal puis l'éducation et la psychologie à l'Université libre de Bruxelles. Menezes a été homme d'affaires puis ministre des affaires étrangères de 1986 à 1987.

Il est élu président de la République le 29 juillet 2001, dès le premier tour, avec 55.2% des voix, face à Manuel Pinto da Costa (MLSTP-PSD), 39.98%. Il avait aussi face à lui Carlos Tinyl (Ministre de la santé), 3.26%, Victor Monteiro (Capitaine de reserve), 0.87%, et Francisco Fortunato Pires (président de l’assemblée nationale), 0.71%. Le 16 juillet 2003, le Commandant Fernando Pereira profite de son absence (voyage au Nigéria) pour prendre le pouvoir, mais après un accord avec les militaires, Menezes reprend ses fonctions le 23. [Suite]

Fradique de Menezes (born March 21, 1942) has been the President of São Tomé and Príncipe since 2001.

Fradique de Menezes was born on the then Portuguese colony of São Tomé in 1942, the son of a Portuguese man and a local woman. He attended high school in Portugal, and then studied Education and Psychology at the Free University of Brussels. Menezes is a successful businessman. He was foreign minister of São Tome and Príncipe from 1986 until 1987. He was elected President in July 2001 with about 55.2% of the vote, defeating Manuel Pinto da Costa, who received about 40%.[1] Menezes took office on September 3, 2001.[2] His eligibility as a candidate was questioned, since he also held Portuguese citizenship, but he renounced this and his candidacy was approved.[3] On July 16, 2003, while he was away in Nigeria, there was a military coup d'etat led by Fernando Pereira, but Menezes was restored on July 23, 2003, following an agreement.

Menezes was re-elected on July 30, 2006, winning 60.58% of the vote and defeating Patrice Trovoada, son of former president Miguel Trovoada [More]

Source: wikipedia.org