Gabriel Costa (politician)

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.

Gabriel Costa
10th Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
In office 12 December 2012 – 25 November 2014
President	Manuel Pinto da Costa
Preceded by	Patrice Trovoada
Succeeded by	Patrice Trovoada
In office 28 March 2002 – 7 October 2002
President	Fradique de Menezes
Preceded by	Evaristo Carvalho
Succeeded by	Maria das Neves
Personal details
Born	1954 (age 70–71)
Political party	Union of Democrats for Citizenship and Development

Prime minister

Costa was the Minister of Justice, Labour and Public Administration briefly in 1996.^[1] He was Ambassador to Portugal from 2000 to 2002.^[2] He was appointed as prime minister to lead a coalition government in April 2002.^[3] However, he was sacked from that post on 27 September 2002 by President Fradique de Menezes after army unrest over two controversial promotions.^[4]

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.^[2]