Fernando Pereira (major)
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Fernando "Cobo" Pereira is a major in the military of São Tomé and Príncipe and Acting President of São Tomé and Príncipe.
Coup
He led a coup against the elected government of Fradique de Menezes on July 16, 2003, while the latter was out of the country. He relinquished power a week later as part of an agreement.[1]
Family
Pereira "is of mixed Cape Verdian and Angolan descent."[2]
He is the father of ten children.[2]
References
See also
Categories:
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- São Tomé and Príncipe people of Cape Verdean descent
- São Tomé and Príncipe people of Angolan descent
- São Tomé and Príncipe Roman Catholics
- 21st-century São Tomé and Príncipe politicians