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Who is Teodoro Obiang?
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is an African leader and politician. He won the November 2022 presidential re-election in Equatorial Guinea.
Obiang was born in 1942 in Acoacán, a colony of Spanish Guinea. He attended the General Military Academy in Zaragoza in Spain and served Francoist Spain until 1968 and Equatorial Guinea after that as the country was declared independent on October 12, 1968.
He had become a lieutenant when his uncle, Francisco Macías Nguema, was elected as the country's first president in 1968. Obiang held various positions in the government during his uncle Macías tenure including the post of governor of Bioko island.
On August 03, 1979, Obiang seized power from his uncle in a coup and formed a new government with him as the president. Macías was tried and sentenced to death for the genocide of the Bantu ethnic group in the same year.
Obiang has been the oil-rich African nation's second president for over four decades and is the longest-serving president in the world. His regime is said to be iron-fisted with almost absolute political control. Human rights organizations have condemned the arbitrary arrests of dissidents under his leadership.
Charges of election rigging have been levelled at Obiang by his political opponents in several elections in the past but he has won all his six terms with over 93% of the vote share.
His ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) and coalition won the 2022 election with a 95% vote share.
His son Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue has been the Vice-President of the country since 2016.
Obiang was born in 1942 in Acoacán, a colony of Spanish Guinea. He attended the General Military Academy in Zaragoza in Spain and served Francoist Spain until 1968 and Equatorial Guinea after that as the country was declared independent on October 12, 1968.
He had become a lieutenant when his uncle, Francisco Macías Nguema, was elected as the country's first president in 1968. Obiang held various positions in the government during his uncle Macías tenure including the post of governor of Bioko island.
On August 03, 1979, Obiang seized power from his uncle in a coup and formed a new government with him as the president. Macías was tried and sentenced to death for the genocide of the Bantu ethnic group in the same year.
Obiang has been the oil-rich African nation's second president for over four decades and is the longest-serving president in the world. His regime is said to be iron-fisted with almost absolute political control. Human rights organizations have condemned the arbitrary arrests of dissidents under his leadership.
Charges of election rigging have been levelled at Obiang by his political opponents in several elections in the past but he has won all his six terms with over 93% of the vote share.
His ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) and coalition won the 2022 election with a 95% vote share.
His son Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue has been the Vice-President of the country since 2016.
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