This article lists the past president of Equatorial Guinea from the time the office was established till the present day and also their term in office.
The president of Equatorial Guinea is the head of state and head of government of Equatorial Guinea, a country in the Gulf of Guinea. The president has formal presidency over the national cabinet and is the commander in chief of the national armed forces of 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.
Read: POLITICAL HISTORY OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA
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.
List of officeholders
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Francisco Macías Nguema (1924–1979) |
1968 | 12 October 1968 | 3 August 1979 | 10 years, 295 days | IPGE / PUNT |
| 1973 | ||||||
| 2 | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (born 1942) |
1982 | 3 August 1979 | Incumbent | 44 years, 13 days | Military / Independent / PDGE |
| 1989 | ||||||
| 1996 | ||||||
| 2002 | ||||||
| 2009 | ||||||
| 2016 | ||||||
| 2022 | ||||||
Latest election
The government announced on 26 November 2022 that Obiang had won the election by an overwhelming margin, as expected. It stated that provisional results showed him with 97% of the vote on a turnout of 98%. The official numbers included a few mistakes including the total electorate or the number of valid votes.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
| Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea | 405,910 | 97.00 | |
| Andrés Esono Ondó | Convergence for Social Democracy | 9,684 | 2.31 | |
| Buenaventura Monsuy Asumu | Party of the Social Democratic Coalition | 2,855 | 0.68 | |
| Total | 418,449 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 418,449 | 99.50 | ||
| Invalid votes | 1,278 | 0.30 | ||
| Blank votes | 804 | 0.19 | ||
| Total votes | 420,531 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 427,671 | 98.33 | ||
| Source: Government of Equatorial Guinea | ||||