Parliament is unicameral and is located in São Tomé.
The National Assembly has 55 members, who are elected to four-year terms by popular vote.
Presidents
1975-1991 Manuel Pinto da Costa
1991-1995 Miguel Trovoada
1995-1995 Manuel Quintas de Almeida (chairman of military junta)
1995-2001 Miguel Trovoada
2001-2011 Fradique Melo Bandeira de Menezes
2011 now Manuel Pinto da Costa
Prime Ministers
1991-1992 Daniel Lima do Santos Daio
1992-1994 Norberto José d’Alva Costa Alegre
1994-1994 Evaristo do Espírito Santo Carvalho
1994-1995 Carlos da Graça
1995-1996 Armindo Vaz d’Almeida
1996-1999 Raul Bragança
1999-2001 Guilherme Posser de Costa
2001-2002 Evaristo do Espírito Santo Carvalho
2002-2002 Gabriel de Costa
2002-2004 Maria das Neves de Sousa
2004-2005 Damião Vaz d’Almeida
2005-2006 Maria do Carmo Silveira
2006-2008 Tomé Vera Cruz
2008-2008 Patrice Emery Trovoada
2008-2010 Joaquim Rafael Branco
2010 now Patrice Emery Trovoada
