Gabriel Costa | |
Office: | 10th Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe |
President: | Manuel Pinto da Costa |
Term Start: | 12 December 2012 |
Term End: | 25 November 2014 |
Predecessor: | Patrice Trovoada |
Successor: | Patrice Trovoada |
President1: | Fradique de Menezes |
Term Start1: | 28 March 2002 |
Term End1: | 7 October 2002 |
Predecessor1: | Evaristo Carvalho |
Successor1: | Maria das Neves |
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.
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]
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