Francisco Macías Nguema Biyoko
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Francisco Macías Nguema, often referred to as Macías Nguema or simply Macías, was an Equatoguinean politician who served as the first president of Equatorial Guinea from the country's gaining of independence in 1968, until his overthrow in 1979. He is widely remembered as one of the most brutal dictators in history.
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Signing of the independence of Spanish Guinea by the then Spanish minister Manuel Fraga together with the new Equatorial Guinean president Macías Nguema on 12 October 1968
Macías Nguema depicted on the 1969 1,000 Pesetas banknote.
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Macías Nguema's nephew and leader of the coup against himAwards 3
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Teodoro Obiang Nguema MbasogoAlso won National Order of Equatorial Guinea
Étienne Gnassingbé EyadémaAlso won Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil Merit
Simeon Saxe-Coburg-GothaAlso won Order of Independence
Ibrahim BabangidaAlso won Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil Merit
Faisal II of IraqAlso won Order of Independence
Fidel RamosAlso won Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil MeritAbout this person
Francisco Macías Nguema, often referred to as Macías Nguema or simply Macías, was an Equatoguinean politician who served as the first president of Equatorial Guinea from the country's gaining of independence in 1968, until his overthrow in 1979. He is widely remembered as one of the most brutal dictators in history. As president, he exhibited bizarre and erratic behavior, to the point that many of his contemporaries believed he was insane.
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