Hélder Barros

Hélder Domingos Soares de Barros is a Santoméan economist, diplomat and former minister of finance and economic coordination in São Tomé and Príncipe. He was a candidate for the presidency of his country in 2011 and 2016.

In his early twenties Hélder Barros contributed to the struggle for independence of the archipelago by hosting radio programs for the independence movement from Libreville, Gabon.

He was minister of finance and economic coordination between 7 July 1994 and 25 October 1994 and again from 26 September 2001 to 28 March 2002 in the governments led by Evaristo de Carvalho from Independent Democratic Action.