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Equatorial Guinean politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bonifacio Nguema Esono Nchama (24 April 1936 – 28 April 2015) was an Equatorial Guinean politician, known for having been Vice President of Francisco Macías Nguema and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.[1][2][3]
Bonifacio Nguema Esono Nchama | |
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Vice President of Equatorial Guinea | |
In office May 1978 – 3 August 1979 | |
President | Francisco Macías Nguema |
Preceded by | Miguel Eyegue |
Succeeded by | Florencio Mayé Elá |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Equatorial Guinea) | |
In office 1971–1979 | |
President | Francisco Macías Nguema |
Preceded by | Francisco Macías Nguema |
Succeeded by | Florencio Mayé Elá |
Personal details | |
Born | Mongomo, Spanish Guinea | 24 April 1936
Died | 28 April 2015 79) Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | (aged
Political party | Fuerza Demócrata Republicana |
Nguema was born on 24 April 1936 in Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea. He was Catholic and was once mayor of Mongomo for a short time in 1982.[4][5]
Before he was vice-president, he had been Government Delegate, Secretary General for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Equatorial Guinea (acting in effect in 1976).[2][6]
In 1978, Nguema became vice-president, by Francisco Macías Nguema, his cousin.[7] It took more than a year before he left and calmed the rebels against the Macías' regime.[6][8]
After the Obiang coup in 1979, Nguema participated in the Supreme Military Council.[9] In October 1979, he was decorated by Obiang and soon after became ambassador to Ethiopia.[4]
After his career, Nguema went into exile in Spain in 1990 and co-founded the opposition party Fuerza Demócrata Republicana in 1995. He returned to Equatorial Guinea in 2015, where he was murdered in a hospital at 5 am. according to the family.[10]
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