Ángel Masié Ntutumu (1930 - 4 October 2020) was an

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n politician.

Biography

Ángel Masié Ntutumu is the brother of Miguel Eyegue, the

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from 1974 to 1976. A militant of the National Liberation Movement (''Movimiento Nacional de Liberación de Guinea Ecuatorial''; MONALIGE), Masié Ntutumu was appointed Minister of the Interior by President

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after the , holding office until 1973. The following year he was appointed Minister of National Security, Deputy Minister of Health, and Presidential Secretary. He is considered to have been responsible for some repressive incidents on

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in 1974. In 1976 he fell into disgrace and went into exile in

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. In 1979, he supported the 1979 coup d'état led by Teodoro Obiang from exile, and returned to the country. In 1981, Masié Ntutumu was involved in a supposed coup attempt with and . He was a member of the

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for the

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(''Partido Democrático de Guinea Ecuatorial''; PDGE). Later he went over to the opposition and joined the Popular Union party, forming part of its National Political Council. His work resulted in him being arrested in 1991 and 1993. In 2010 he rejoined the PDGE. His son is the politician Ángel Masié Mibuy, a current government minister.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Masie Ntutumu, Angel 1930 births Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea politicians Equatoguinean exiles Exiled politicians Government ministers of Equatorial Guinea 2020 deaths Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Equatorial Guinea)