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PAST PRESIDENTS OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA TILL DATE

Past presidents of Equatorial Guinea till date

Past presidents of Equatorial Guinea till date

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
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