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Pre-colonial history. The first inhabitants of the region that is now Equatorial Guinea are believed to have been Pygmies, of whom only isolated pockets remain in northern Río Muni. Bantu migrations between the 17th and 19th centuries brought the coastal groups and later the Fang.
Equatorial Guinea[ a] officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea[ b] is a country on the west coast of Central Africa, with an area of 28,000 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi). Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name refers to its location near both the Equator and in the African region of Guinea.
Presidente de la República de Guinea Ecuatorial ( Spanish) Président de la République de Guinée-Équatoriale ( French) Presidente da República da Guiné Equatorial ( Portuguese) Coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea. Incumbent. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. since 3 August 1979. Executive branch of the Government of Equatorial Guinea.
History of Guinea. The modern state of Guinea did not come into existence until 1958, but the history of the area stretches back well before European colonization. Its current boundaries were determined during the colonial period by the Berlin Conference (1884–1885) and the French, who ruled Guinea until 1958.
The prime minister of Equatorial Guinea is a member of the Council of Ministers, which is chaired by the president. Bonifacio Ondó Edu was the first person to hold the preceding office of prime minister of Spanish Guinea, taking effect on 15 December 1963. The incumbent is Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua, having taken office on 17 August 2024.
The Spanish colony in the Guinea region was established in 1778, by the Treaty of El Pardo between the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire. Between 1778 and 1810, Spain administered the territory of Equatorial Guinea via its colonial Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, based in Buenos Aires (in present-day Argentina). [1]
Category: History of Equatorial Guinea by period. ... Years in Equatorial Guinea (5 C, 1 P) This page was last edited on 14 July 2019, at 06:36 (UTC). Text ...
Events. 18 August – Ousted dictator Francisco Macías Nguema is captured near his home village of Mongomo. [3] 29 September – Francisco Macías Nguema and six other defendants were convicted of genocide, embezzlement and treason, and were executed by a firing squad of soldiers from Morocco.