Fernando "Cobo" Pereira is a major in the military of

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and Acting President of

Coup

He led a coup against the elected

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Fradique de Menezes Fradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes (born 21 March 1942) is a São Toméan politician who was the third president of São Tomé and Príncipe from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2003 to 2011. Early life Menezes was born on the then Portuguese colony ...

on July 16, 2003, while the latter was out of the country. He relinquished power a week later as part of an agreement.leaders hand power back to civilian president"
IRIN, July 23, 2003.

Family

Pereira "is of mixed Cape Verdian and Angolan descent." Gerhard Seibert. "The Bloodless Coup of July 16 in São Tomé e Príncipe." Centro de Estudos Africanos e Asiáticos - Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical (Lisbon). Retrieved on October 30, 2007
/ref> He is the father of ten children.

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