Equatorial Guinean politician
This name uses Fang people from Equatorial Guinea naming customs: his surname is Nguema, his father's surname is Esono and his mother's surname is Nchama. The surnames are chosen by their respective parents.
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]
Biography
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]
Career
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]
Vice president
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]
Later career
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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