List of presidents of Equatorial Guinea

The following is a list of presidents of Equatorial Guinea, since the establishment of the office of President in 1968.

President of the
Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Presidente de la
República de Guinea Ecuatorial
Incumbent
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
since 3 August 1979
ResidenceMalabo Government Building, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Term length7 years
Inaugural holderFrancisco Macías Nguema
Formation12 October 1968
DeputyVice President of Equatorial Guinea
Salary152,680 USD annually[1]

Presidents of Equatorial Guinea (1968–present)
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Elected Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Francisco Macías Nguema
(1924–1979[lower-alpha 1])[lower-alpha 2]		 1968
1973		 12 October 1968 3 August 1979[lower-alpha 3] 10 years, 295 days IPGE / PUNT
Supreme Military Council[lower-alpha 4]
Chairman:
Lieutenant general
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
(born 1942)		 — 3 August 1979 12 October 1982 3 years, 70 days Military
2 Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
(1942–)[lower-alpha 5]		 1982
1989
1996
2002
2009
2016		 12 October 1982 Incumbent 38 years, 112 days Independent / PDGE

Notes
  1. Executed by firing squad on 29 September 1979.
  2. Changed name to Masie Nguema Biyogo Ñegue Ndong in 1976 due to the policy of Africanization.
  3. Deposed in a coup d'état.
  4. Initially called the Revolutionary Military Council until 25 August 1979.
  5. Nephew of Francisco Macías Nguema.

Latest election
Main article: 2016 Equatorial Guinean presidential election
Candidate Party Votes %
Teodoro Obiang Nguema MbasogoDemocratic Party of Equatorial Guinea278,36293.7
Avelino Mocache BengaCentre-Right Union4,5981.5
Buenaventura Monsuy AsumuParty of the Social Democratic Coalition4,4361.5
Benedicto Obian MangueIndependent2,8120.9
Carmelo Mba BacalePopular Action2,4380.8
Agustin Masoko AbegueIndependent2,4340.8
Tomas Mba MonabangIndependent2,1620.7
Invalid/blank votes11,923–
Total309,158100
Registered voters/turnout332,57693.0
Source: Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism

References
  1. "The highest and lowest paid African presidents - Business Daily". Business Daily.

See also
Equatorial Guinea
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