Evaristo Carvalho

president of São Tomé and Príncipe

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Evaristo Carvalho is a politician from São Tomé and Príncipe who served as the country's president from 2016 to 2021. He was a candidate in the 2011 presidential election, where he narrowly lost to Manuel Pinto da Costa. Carvalho, representing the Independent Democratic Action (ADI) party, then faced Pinto da Costa again in the 2016 presidential election. After a close first round, Carvalho won the runoff election to become president. He chose not to seek reelection in 2021.12

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Sao Tome and Principe
After independence
…speaker of the National Assembly, Evaristo Carvalho, who was the ADI’s candidate. When the two met again in the runoff election, held on August 7, 2011, Pinto da Costa garnered 52 percent of the vote to narrowly beat Carvalho. In National Assembly elections held in October 2014, the ADI was…
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…speaker of the National Assembly, Evaristo Carvalho, who was the ADI’s candidate. When the two met again in the runoff election, held on August 7, 2011, Pinto da Costa garnered 52 percent of the vote to narrowly beat Carvalho. In National Assembly elections held in October 2014, the ADI was…
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