Miguel Trovoada
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Former President Miguel Trovoada addressing the United Nations General Assembly.
Miguel dos Anjos da Cunha Lisboa Trovoada (born 1936) was a former prime minister and president of São Tomé and Príncipe.
Trovoada served as the nation's first prime minister from 12 July 1975 to March 1979. He was elected president in 1991 and re-elected in 1996. When he ran for president he was not a member of any political party, but by the end of his first term he had formed a new political party known as the Independent Democratic Action Party.
His government was briefly overthrown in a coup d'etat from 15 August 1995 to 21 August 1995.
President Trovoada's term ended on 3 September 2001 when Fradique de Menezes was sworn in as the new head of state.de:Miguel Trovoada es:Miguel Trovoada