Norberto Costa Alegre

Norberto José d' Alva Costa Alegre (* 1951) was from 1992 to 1994 Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe.

Political career

He joined the 1990 founded Partido de Convergència Democrática de - Grupa reflexão (PCD -GR). In the reign of Daniel Lima dos Santos Daio he was finance and economic ministers. After his dismissal by the ruling since 1991 president Miguel Trovoada on 22 April 1992, he was on May 16, new head of government. His term ended on 2 July 1994, when he was dismissed by the President. His successor was the former defense minister Evaristo Carvalho, who was it excluded from the PCD -GR. His PCD -GR renamed after forming an alliance with the party, Movimento Democrático the forcas because Mudança under the name MDFM -PCD and he later held a seat in Parliament for the constituency of Água Grande, in the capital city of São Tomé is located.

He is married to Alda Bandeira, which was one of the founders of the PCD -GR and from 1991 to 1993 and from 2002 to 2003 Foreign Minister. On June 30, 1996, she ran as a presidential candidate, but different with 14.6 % of the vote from the first ballot.