Francisco Macías Nguema
Francisco Macías Nguema (born 1 January 1924 as Mez-m Ngueme - died September 29, 1979) was the first President of Equatorial Guinea, from 1968 until his overthrow in 1979. He rose to the position of mayor of Mongomo under the Spanish colonial government, and later served as a member of the territorial parliament. He was elected president in two rounds before independence in 1968. During his presidency, his country was nicknamed "the Auschwitz of Africa", and became notorious for political executions and virulent anti-Spanish radio speeches. The country's pre-independence prime minister, Bonifacio Ondó Edu, was starved and executed in prison shortly after Macías came to power. Other officials, including a former vice president, "committed suicide" while in detention.
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