Gareth Guadalupe
{{Short description|São Toméan foreign minister}}
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| name = Gareth Guadalupe
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| office = Foreign Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
| term_start = 8 August 2023
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| predecessor = Alberto Neto Pereira
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| term_end1 = 8 August 2023
| predecessor1 = Afonso da Graca Varela da Silva
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| party = Independent Democratic Action
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| honorific_prefix = His Excellency
| office2 = Member of the National Assembly for Água Grande
| primeminister = Patrice Trovoada
| office1 = Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe
| termstart1 = November 2022
| education = Universidade Lusófona
Columbia University
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Gareth Haddad do Espírito Santo Guadalupe is a São Toméan politician who has been serving as the Foreign Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe since 8 August 2023.{{Cite web |title=HOG |url=https://www.info.dfat.gov.au/info/hog/hog.nsf/ListSpecific?OpenForm&ExpandView&RestrictToCategory=Sao+Tome+and+Principe |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=www.info.dfat.gov.au}}{{Cite web |last=Neto |first=Ricardo |date=2023-08-09 |title=Gareth Guadalupe vai assumir, por acumulação, as funções de ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Cooperação e Comunidades |url=https://www.stp-press.st/2023/08/09/gareth-guadalupe-vai-assumir-por-acumulacao-as-funcoes-de-ministro-dos-negocios-estrangeiros-cooperacao-e-comunidades/ |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=STP-PRESS |language=pt-PT}} He also serves as the President of the Council of Ministers of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries since 25 August 2023.{{Cite web |last=Mbinza |first=Pedro |date=2023-08-26 |title=Gareth Guadalupe assume presidência do Conselho de Ministros da CPLP |url=https://www.forbesafricalusofona.com/gareth-guadalupe-assume-presidencia-do-conselho-de-ministros-da-cplp/ |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=Forbes África Lusófona |language=pt-PT}} He previously served as the Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers from November 2022 until August 2023.{{Cite web |title=IMF Staff Concludes Visit to São Tomé and Príncipe |url=https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2023/03/02/pr2358-imf-staff-concludes-visit-to-sao-tome-and-principe |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=IMF |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Gareth Guadalupe |url=https://2023.egovconference.ee/speakers/gareth-guadalupe/ |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=The e-Governance Conference |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Portuguesa |first=Presidência da República |title=Presidente da República em São Tomé para a XIV Conferência da CPLP |url=https://www.presidencia.pt/atualidade/toda-a-atualidade/2023/08/presidente-da-republica-em-sao-tome-para-a-xiv-conferencia-da-cplp/ |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=www.presidencia.pt |language=pt-PT}} He is a ADI Party Member of the National Assembly for Água Grande.
Education
Guadalupe received a BSc. in Economics from the Universidade Lusófona, Portugal and MSc. in Economic Policy Management from Columbia University, New York, USA.
Career
He served as Executive Director and Board Member of the Central Bank of São Tomè and Príncipe from 2015 to 2019 and as IMF Expert on Public Financial Management and Macro-fiscal policies from 2015 to 2021.
He served as Secretary General of the Presidency and as Economic Advisor to the President between October 2021 and November 2022.{{Cite web |last=Boechat |first=Geraldine |title=President of Sao Tome and Principe appoints new government – Medafrica Times |url=https://medafricatimes.com/28882-president-of-sao-tome-and-principe-appoints-new-government.html |access-date=2023-10-08 |language=en-US}}
He became Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in November 2022. Following the dismissal of Alberto Neto Pereira as Foreign Minister just days before the CPLP Summit in São Tomè, Guadalupe assumed the office of Foreign Minister, in which, he continues to serve.