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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Tang is a member of the Fang ethnic group. He was Minister of Justice and Worship from 1996 to 1998, then Minister of Youth and Sports from 1998 to 1999. In 1999, he was elected as the Second Vice-President of the
Chamber of People's Representatives
The Chamber of Deputies ( es, Cámara de los Diputados; french: Chambre des députés; pt, Câmara dos Deputados) is the lower house of the Parliament of Equatorial Guinea.
Although vested with considerable powers under the country's const ...
,"New Prime Minister appointed in Equatorial Guinea" afrol News, February 26, 2001. and he remained in that post until being appointed Deputy Prime Minister for the Civil Service and Administrative Coordination in the government of Prime Minister
Cándido Muatetema Rivas
Cándido Muatetema Rivas (20 February 1960 – 16 June 2014) was a political figure in Equatorial Guinea who was Prime Minister from 2001 to 2004.
Rivas was born in Batete, a village in southern Fernando Po (today Bioko) near Luba.
on February 26, 2001. After two years as Deputy Prime Minister, he was instead appointed Minister of State and Secretary-General of the Presidency on February 11, 2003. It was announced on January 10, 2006, that he had been appointed Equatorial Guinea's Ambassador to
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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; he served in that position until July 2008.
Prime Minister
Tang was appointed Prime Minister by President
Teodoro Obiang
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (; born 5 June 1942) is an Equatoguinean politician and former military officer who has served as the second president of Equatorial Guinea since August 1979. He is the longest-serving president of any country eve ...
on July 8, 2008, replacing
Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea
Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea (born ''c''. 1961) is a politician from Equatorial Guinea and a member of PDGE. He was Prime Minister from 2006 to 2008.November 2009 presidential election, Tang and his government resigned on 12 January 2010, as they were legally required to do. Obiang reappointed Tang Prime Minister later on the same day.
Vice president
Tang resigned as Prime Minister on 18 May 2012 and was replaced by
Vicente Ehate Tomi
Vicente Ehate Tomi (born 1968) is an Equatoguinean
Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatori ...
on 21 May 2012. He was moved to the newly created post of First Vice-President on the same day, while Obiang's son,
Teodorin Obiang
Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue (born 25 June 1968, nicknamed Teodorín) is the Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, in office since 2016. He is a son of Teodoro Obiang, the authoritarian leader of Equatorial Guinea, by his first wife, Constancia M ...