title: 2021 in São Tomé and Príncipe
text: # 2021 in São Tomé and Príncipe
  
  Events in the year 2021 in São Tomé and Príncipe.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Evaristo Carvalho
  * Prime Minister: Jorge Bom Jesus
  
  ## Events
  
  Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in São Tomé and Príncipe
  
  * 18 July – 2021 São Toméan presidential election: As no presidential candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was originally scheduled to be held on 8 August $2021^{.F}ollowing$ an objection to the first-round result, the second round was postponed to 29 August 2021, and later postponed again to 5 September 2021
  * 5 September – The second round was won by Carlos Vila Nova of Independent Democratic Action, who received 58% of the vote, defeating Guilherme Posser da Costa of the MLSTP–PSD.
  