Cándido Muatetema Rivas (20 February 1960 – 16 June 2014) was a political figure in Equatorial Guinea who was

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

from 2001 to 2004. Rivas was born in Batete, a village in southern Fernando Po (today

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) near

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."« Priorité à la lutte contre la pauvreté »"
Jeuneafrique.com, October 7, 2002 . He was General Treasurer of the State from November 1991 to August 1993 and served in the government as Secretary of State for Youth and Sports from December 1993 to January 1996. He was also a co-founder of the youth section of 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) and was the youth section's General Coordinator from 1993 to 1995.CV at official website
(accessed July 9, 2008). He later became Deputy Secretary-General of the PDGE. From June 1996 to February 2001, Rivas was Second Secretary of the Chamber of People's Representatives. He was also a member of

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's Inter-Parliamentary Commission and Vice-President of its Economic Affairs Sub-Commission from April 2000 to February 2001. Rivas was appointed Prime Minister by President

Teodoro Obiang Nguema 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 26 February 2001, succeeding Ángel Serafín Seriche Dougan. His government was sworn in on 27 February and President Obiang emphasized on this occasion that it needed to show unity and "cohesion". Rivas and his government resigned on 11 July 2004, and Obiang appointed

Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó (11 January 1961 – 6 December 2012) was an Equatorial Guinean politician. He was the 5th Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea having served from 11 July 2004 to 14 August 2006. He was a member of the Bubi ethnic g ...

to succeed him on 14 July."Jul 2004 - EQUATORIAL GUINEA", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 50, July, 2004 Equatorial Guinea, Page 46047. The structure of his government was a cabinet with 50 ministerial posts. He was appointed Equatorial Guinea's Ambassador to

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in 2005, a posting he held until his death in 2014. Cándido Muatetema Rivas died in Berlin, Germany, on 16 June 2014, at the age of 54.

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