Florencio Mayé Elá Mangue (born 1944) is an

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

n military leader, politician, and diplomat.

Biography

In the 1960s, Mayé had military training at the

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in Zaragoza, Spain, along with Teodoro Obiang, Eulogio Oyó, and other future leaders. Under the dictatorship of Francisco Macías, Mayé was head of the National Navy. He participated in the coup of 3 August 1979, and in the subsequent government of the Supreme Military Council as

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and

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, participating in the signing of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Spain and Equatorial Guinea of 1980. He was decorated in Spain with the

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, along with Salvador Elá Nseng and Juan Manuel Tray. Under the regime of Teodoro Obiang, Mayé served as ambassador to the UN from December 1982 to December 1987, and to

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beginning in December 2006. In September 2008 he was involved in the kidnapping of the political refugee in Cameroon, for which the country declared Mayé ''

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''. Due to this he had to leave office, and was succeeded by Pedro Elá Nguema Buna. In the 2013 legislative elections, Mayé was elected

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representing the

Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea The Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea ( es, Partido Democrático de Guinea Ecuatorial, abbreviated PDGE) is the ruling political party in Equatorial Guinea. It was established by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on 11 October 1987. ...

(PDGE). He is part of the Permanent Commission of Foreign Policy, International Cooperation, and Integration, and of the Permanent Commission of Defense and State Security.

Personal life

Mayé's daughter is married and has children with Teodoro Obiang's son Gabriel Mbega.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maye Ela, Florencio 1944 births African military personnel Ambassadors of Equatorial Guinea to Cameroon Collars of the Order of Isabella the Catholic Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea politicians Foreign ministers of Equatorial Guinea Living people Members of the Parliament of Equatorial Guinea Military leaders People from Mongomo Vice presidents of Equatorial Guinea Permanent Representatives of Equatorial Guinea to the United Nations