Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (São Tomé and Príncipe)

The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese: Chefe de Estado Maior das FASTP) is the highest-ranking military officer of in the Armed Forces of São Tomé and Príncipe, who is responsible for maintaining the operational command of the military.

List of officeholders

Commander of the Armed Forces

Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
	Pachire, IdalécioColonel Idalécio Pachire	2003	2011	7–8 years	[1]

Chief of staff

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Segundo, FelisbertoBrigadier Felisberto Maria Segundo	August 2012	13 February 2014	1 year, 6 months	[1][2]
2		Lima, JustinoBrigadier Justino Lima	18 February 2014	30 January 2015	11 months	[1][2]
–		Paquete, OlintoColonel Olinto Amado Paquete Acting	30 January 2015	3 July 2015	5 months	[3]
3		Sousa, HorácioBrigadier Horácio Sousa	3 July 2015	18 May 2019	3 years, 10 months	[1]
4		Pachire, IdalécioBrigadier Idalécio Pachire	18 May 2019	Incumbent	4 years, 8 months	[1]

References

• Nón, Téla (27 May 2019). "PR deu posse ao novo Chefe de Estado Maior das FASTP". telanon.info (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 February 2021.
• Seibert, Gerhard (2015). "São Tomé and Príncipe". In Elischer, Sebastian; Hofmeier, Rolf; Melber, Henning; Mehler, Andreas (eds.). Africa Yearbook Volume 11: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2014. Brill academic publishers. pp. 243–248. ISBN 978-90-04-30505-2.
• Seibert, Gerhard (2016). "São Tomé and Príncipe". In Elischer, Sebastian; Hofmeier, Rolf; Melber, Henning; Mehler, Andreas (eds.). Africa Yearbook Volume 12: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2015. Brill academic publishers. pp. 250–255. ISBN 978-90-04-33323-9.

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