List of presidents of Equatorial Guinea
| President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea | |
|---|---|
| |
| File:Coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea.svg | |
since 12 October 1982[lower-alpha 1] | |
| Executive branch of the Government of Equatorial Guinea | |
| Type | |
| Residence | Malabo Government Building |
| Term length | 7 years, renewable once |
| Precursor | Governor of Spanish Guinea |
| Formation | 12 October 1968 |
| First holder | Francisco Macías Nguema |
| Deputy | Vice President |
| Salary | 93,139,380 Central African CFA francs/152,680 USD annually[1] |
| Website | Official website |
The president of Equatorial Guinea is the head of state of Equatorial Guinea, a country in the Gulf of Guinea. The president has formal presidency over the Council of Ministers and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea. Francisco Macías Nguema was the first person to hold the office, taking effect on 12 October 1968. The incumbent is Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, having taken office on 3 August 1979.
Term limits
As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Equatorial Guinea. The term limit has not been met by any president yet.[2]
List of officeholders
- Political parties
- Other factions
- Symbols
C Constitutional referendum
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | File:Don Francisco Macias.jpg | Francisco Macías Nguema (1924–1979)[lower-alpha 2] |
1968 | 12 October 1968 | 3 August 1979 (Deposed in a coup[lower-alpha 3]) |
10 years, 295 days | IPGE (until 1970) |
| 1973 [C] | PUNT | ||||||
| — | File:Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo at the White House in 2014.jpg | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo[lower-alpha 4] (born 1942) Chairman of the SMC from 1979 to 1982 |
— | 3 August 1979 | Incumbent | 45 years, 159 days | Military (until 1982) |
| 2 | 1982 [C] | Independent (until 1987) | |||||
| 1989 1996 2002 2009 2016 2022 |
PDGE | ||||||
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Latest election
{{#section-h:2022 Equatorial Guinean general election|President}}
See also
| File:Coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea.svg |
|---|
- Politics of Equatorial Guinea
- Vice President of Equatorial Guinea
- List of prime ministers of Equatorial Guinea
- List of colonial governors of Spanish Guinea
Notes
- ↑ As Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council from 3 until 25 August 1979 and then as Chairman of the Supreme Military Council until 12 October 1982.
- ↑ Changed name to Masie Nguema Biyogo Ñegue Ndong in 1976 due to the policy of Africanization.
- ↑ Executed by firing squad on 29 September 1979.
- ↑ Nephew of Francisco Macías Nguema.
References
- ↑ "The highest and lowest paid African presidents". Business Daily.
- ↑ Cook, Candace; Siegle, Joseph. "Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa". Africa Center for Strategic Studies.
