title: 2010 in São Tomé and Príncipe
text: # 2010 in São Tomé and Príncipe
  
  The following lists events that happened during 2010 in the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Fradique de Menezes
  * Prime Minister: Joaquim Rafael Branco (until 14 August), Patrice Trovoada (from 15 August)
  
  ## Events
  
  * 21 February: Planned legislative elections postponed
  * 1 August: the São Toméan legislative election took place. The Independent Democratic Action (ADI) won 26 out of 55 seats
  * 14 August: the XIV Constitutional Government of São Tomé and Príncipe began with Patrice Trovoada as Prime Minister
  * 11 September: the IX Legislature of the National Assembly of São Tomé and Príncipe began
  
  ## Sports
  
  * GD Sundy won the São Tomé and Príncipe Football Championship
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * Celestino Rocha da Costa, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (1988-1991), in Portugal (b. 1938)
  