1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état

BelligerentsGovernment of Equatorial GuineaSupreme Military Council
Diplomatic Support
SpainCommanders and leadersFrancisco Macías NguemaTeodoro Obiang Nguema MbasogoCasualties and losses About 400 total killed

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• 1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état
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• 1982 constitutional referendum
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• 1991 constitutional referendum
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On 3 August 1979, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo staged a bloody coup d'état against his uncle, Francisco Macías Nguema, the president of Equatorial Guinea. Fighting between loyalists and rebels continued until Macías Nguema was captured fleeing Equatorial Guinea for Cameroon on 18 August. He was sentenced to death for the crime of genocide against the Bubi people and other crimes committed. Macías Nguema was executed by firing squad on 29 September 1979. Teodoro has remained leader since then, initially as chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council and Supreme Military Council and subsequently as president.