Carlos Vila Nova

About

Carlos Manuel Vila Nova (born 27 July 1959) is a Santomean politician who is the fifth and current president of São Tomé and Príncipe, since 2 October 2021. He served as the Minister of Public Works and Natural Resources (2010–2012) and minister of Infrastructure, Natural Resources and the Environment (2014–2018) in successive governments of Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada.

== Early life and education ==
Vila Nova was born in Neves, a city in the Lembá District on the northern coast of São Tomé Island. He received a degree in telecommunications engineering from the University of Oran, Algeria in 1985, and later returned to become the head of the computer department of the government Statistics Directorate.

== Career ==
In 1988, he left the civil service to become a sales manager at Hotel Miramar, which was then the only hotel in the country. He was promoted to Director of Hotel Miramar in 1992. In 1997, he became Director of Hotel Pousada Boa Vista, and founded his own travel agency Mistral Voyages. Vila Nova remained in the tourism industry until he entered politics in 2010.
Vila Nova served as Minister of Public Works and Natural Resources in the cabinet of Patrice Trovoada from 2010…