Ministry of Defence (Equatorial Guinea)

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The Ministry of Defence (Spanish : Ministerio de Defensa) is a department of the Government of Equatorial Guinea responsible for military administration. It is the administrative and executive body of the Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea. It is under the supervision of the Vice President of Equatorial Guinea in charge of National Defense and Security, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue. [1]

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History

After the 1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état in which Lieutenant Colonel Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo assumed the Presidency of the Republic from his uncle Francisco Macías Nguema and created the Supreme Military Council, a draft decree on "Organization" was drawn up. structuring of higher organisms require any higher degree related to the area of their responsibility. A Spanish military delegation helped draft the reorganization of the Ministry of Defense in the 1980s. [2]

List of ministers

This lists the Defence Ministers of Equatorial Guinea:

MinisterPresidentStartEndRef
Francisco Macías Nguema Francisco Macías Nguema October 1968November 1976 or later [3]
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Francisco Macías Nguema 3 August 1979 [4]
Antonio Mba Nguema  [ pl ] Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo 20042016
?20162020
Victoriano Bibang Nsue Okomo  [ pl ]August 2020Present [5] [6]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Documents/FichasPais/GUINEAECUATORIAL_FICHA%20PAIS.pdf.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ https://publicaciones.defensa.gob.es/media/downloadable/files/links/l/a/la_cooperacion_militar_espa_ola_con_guinea_ecuatorial.pdf.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ Bidwell, Robin Leonard (1978). Guide to African ministers. London: R. Collings. ISBN   0860360644.
  4. ↑ Andrade, John (1985). "Equatorial Guinea" (PDF). World Police & Paramilitary Forces. p. 62. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-07782-3_52. ISBN   978-1-349-07784-7.
  5. ↑ "Political administration - EMBAJADA DE GUINEA ECUATORIAL". July 20, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Nombramiento de los ministros del nuevo Gobierno". February 2, 2023.


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