This name uses naming customs of the Fang people from Equatorial Guinea: his surname is Obiang, his father's surname is Nguema and his mother's surname is Mbasogo. The surnames are chosen by their respective parents.
Teodoro Obiang
Obiang in 2019
2nd President of Equatorial Guinea
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 August 1979
Prime Minister
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Cristino Seriche Bioko
Silvestre Siale Bileka
Ángel Serafín Seriche Dougan
Cándido Muatetema Rivas
Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó
Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea
Ignacio Milam Tang
Vicente Ehate Tomi
Francisco Pascual Obama Asue
Manuela Roka Botey
Vice President
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Florencio Mayé Elá
Vicente Ehate Tomi
Teodoro Nguema
Preceded by
Francisco Macías Nguema
9th Chairperson of the African Union
In office 31 January 2011 – 29 January 2012 (2011-01-31 – 2012-01-29)
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Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (Spanish pronunciation:[teoˈðoɾooˈβjaŋɡeŋˈɡemaembaˈsoɣo]; born 5 June 1942) is an Equatoguinean politician and former military officer who has served as the second president of Equatorial Guinea since 3 August 1979.[1] As of 2024, he is the second-longest consecutively serving current non-royal national leader in the world (after Paul Biya in Cameroon).
After graduating from military school, Obiang held multiple positions under the presidency of his uncle, Francisco Macías Nguema, including director of the notorious Black Beach prison. He ousted Macías in a military coup in 1979 and took control of the country as president and chairman of the Supreme Military Council junta. After the country's nominal return to civilian rule in 1982, he founded the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) in 1987, which was the country's sole legal party until 1992. He has overseen Equatorial Guinea's emergence as an important oil producer, beginning in the 1990s. Obiang was Chairperson of the African Union from 2011 to 2012.
Obiang is regarded as an authoritarian leader.[2] He has been widely accused of corruption and abuse of power. Under his rule, Equatorial Guinea continues to have one of the worst human rights records in the world. In marked contrast to the trend toward democracy in most of Africa, Equatorial Guinea is currently a dominant-party state, in which Obiang's PDGE holds virtually all governing power in the nation and has held all or almost all seats in the legislature since its creation. The constitution provides Obiang sweeping powers, including the right to rule by decree, effectively making his government a legal dictatorship. Obiang has placed family members in key government positions.[2]
^"Equatorial Guinea: Palace in the jungle: Ordinary folk see none of their country's riches". The Economist. 12 March 2016. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
^ abSá, Ana Lúcia; Rodrigues Sanches, Edalina (2021). "The politics of autocratic survival in Equatorial Guinea: Co-optation, restrictive institutional rules, repression, and international projection". African Affairs. 120 (478): 78–102. doi:10.1093/afraf/adaa030. hdl:10071/22003. ISSN 0001-9909.
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