Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is an Equatoguinean politician, former military officer, and dictator who has served as the second president of Equatorial Guinea since 1979. As of 2026, he is the second
Obiang in 2026
Obiang and Spanish prime minister Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo in 1982
Obiang (1st row, 2nd from left) at Kim Il Sung's 80th birthday anniversary in April 1992
Condoleezza Rice with Obiang in 2006
Francisco Macías Nguema
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Francisco Macías Nguema, often referred to as Macías Nguema or simply Macías, was an Equatoguinean politician who served as the first president of Equatorial Guinea from the country's gaining of indep
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
…to Paul Biya of Cameroon. After graduating from military school in Zaragoza, Spain, Obiang held multiple positions under the presidency of his uncle, Francisco Macías Nguema, including director of the Black Beach prison notorious for its human rights violations. He ousted Macías in a military coup in 1979 and took control…
Macías Nguema in 1968
Signing of the independence of Spanish Guinea by the then Spanish minister Manuel Fraga together with the new Equatorial Guinean president Macías Nguema on 12 October 1968
Macías Nguema depicted on the 1969 1,000 pesetas banknote.
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Macías Nguema's nephew and leader of the coup against him