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Instead, he remained a central figure within the ADI, which won parliamentary elections in 2014, bringing his party colleague, Patrice Trovoada, to the Prime Minister's office.
Carvalho, representing the ADI, found his main opponent to be former Prime Minister Maria das Neves.
He chose not to seek re-election in 2021, completing his five-year term and peacefully transferring power to his successor, Carlos Vila Nova.
The 2011 Election and Political Resilience Carvalho's first bid for the presidency came in 2011, where he faced the incumbent, Manuel Pinto da Costa.
In the 2016 election, he emerged as a strong candidate, ultimately facing Evaristo Carvalho in a run-off.
Appointed on December 3, 2018, by President Evaristo Carvalho, Jorge Bom Jesus leads the executive cabinet of one of Africa's smallest democracies.