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
General Military Academy
The General Military Academy (in Spanish: Academia General Militar) is a higher training center of the Spanish Army, responsible for the initial training for officers of the Arms and Corps of the Army, and for the officers of the Civil Guard. It ...
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
Vice President
A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...
and
Minister of Foreign Affairs
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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
Order of Isabella the Catholic
The Order of Isabella the Catholic ( es, Orden de Isabel la Católica) is a Spanish civil order and honor granted to persons and institutions in recognition of extraordinary services to the homeland or the promotion of international relations a ...
, 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
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
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 ''persona non grata
In diplomacy, a ' (Latin: "person not welcome", plural: ') is a status applied by a host country to foreign diplomats to remove their protection of diplomatic immunity from arrest and other types of prosecution.
Diplomacy
Under Article 9 of the ...
''. Due to this he had to leave office,[ and was succeeded by Pedro Elá Nguema Buna.]
In the 2013 legislative elections, Mayé was elected senator
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
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.
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(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
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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