Ministry of Defence (Equatorial Guinea)

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]

History

edit

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

edit

This lists the Defence Ministers of Equatorial Guinea:

Minister President Start End Ref
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Francisco Macías Nguema August 3, 1979 [3]
Antonio Mba Nguema [pl] Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo 2004 2016
? 2016 2020
Victoriano Bibang Nsue Okomo [pl] August 2020 Present [4][5]

Notes and references

edit
  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. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Political administration - EMBAJADA DE GUINEA ECUATORIAL". July 20, 2020.
  5. ^ "Nombramiento de los ministros del nuevo Gobierno". February 2, 2023.