The Ministry of National Defence (Portuguese: Ministério da Defesa Nacional) is a ministry of the Government of São Tomé and Príncipe. It is headed by the Minister of Defence and Internal Order (Portuguese: Ministro da Defesa e Ordem Interna). The current minister is Lieutenant colonel Jorge Amado..
Ministers of defence Miguel Trovoada, July 1975 - December 1975 Manuel Pinto da Costa, December 1975 - August 1977 Daniel Daio, August 1977 - December 1981 Celestino Rocha da Costa, December 1981 - January 1982 Manuel Pinto da Costa, January 1982 - July 1982 Óscar Sousa, July 1982 - February 1986 Tomé Dias da Costa, February 1986 - January 1987 Raúl Bragança Neto, January 1987 - February 1991 Albertino Bragança, February 1991 - May 1992 Evaristo Carvalho, May 1992 - October 1994 Alberto Paulino, October 1994 - August 1995 Carlos Carneiro Paquete da Silva, August 1995 - November 1996 João Quaresma Viegas Bexigas, November 1996 - September 2001 Luís Maria, September 2001 - April 2001 Victor Tavares Monteiro, April 2001 - October 2002 Lt. Col. Fernando Danquá, October 2002 - August 2003 Óscar Sousa, August 2003 - 2008 Elsa Pinto, 2008 - 2010 Carlos Olímpio Stock, 2010 - 2012 Óscar Sousa, 2012 - 2014 Carlos Olímpio Stock, 2014 - 2016 Arlindo Ramos, 2016 - 2018 Óscar Sousa, 2018 - 2021 Jorge Bom Jesus, 2021 - 2022 Jorge Amado, 2022 - Incumbent
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