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Aurélio Pires Quaresma Martins (born November 24, 1966) is a São Toméan journalist, businessman and politician, leader of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe/Social Democratic Party (MLSTP/PSD). Aurélio Martins was a candidate for Presidency of São Tomé and Príncipe in the 2011 presidential election but got only 4,06% of the votes and lost to Manuel Pinto da Costa.
Martins worked as a journalist at São Tomé and Príncipe's National Radio (Rádio Nacional) between 1984 and 1985 and at Angola's National Radio (RNA) from 1999 to 2007. He is the head of construction and security company Gibela Group and president of FAMA (Aurélio Martins' Foundation).
He was elected Figura do Ano (“São Toméan of the Year”) in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Martins was elected as a Deputy in the National Assembly of São Tomé and Príncipe by Lobata District in the 2010 legislative election. He is the President of the Humans Rights, Citizenship and Gender Commission in the National Assembly.
Aurélio Martins was voted the President of the MLSTP/PSD in the Party's Ordinary Congress held on January 2011 in São Tomé.