Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea

When one is asked to name Africa's longest sitting presidents, they automatically say Robert Mugabe, Hosni Mubarak, Muammar Gaddafi, and Yoweri Museveni. But since the removal of Hosni Mubarak from the presidential office and the unexpected death of Muammar Gaddafi, there are new faces who top the list. In first position is the man in the photo provided. He is His Excellency Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.

This man has now been in power for nearly 34 years. He had led a coup d'etat against his tyrant uncle, Francisco Marcias Nguema, who was the sitting president at that time. Marcias Nguema was deposed on August 3 1979 but was later captured and put to trial on September 24 that same year. Five days later, he executed by a firing squad of Moroccan soldiers since the country's own soldiers were superstitiously scared of doing it. Two weeks after his execution, Teodoro Obiang Nguema took over as president of an economically crippled state, no thanks at all to his dead uncle.

Since taking over though, Teodoro hasn't been any different than his predecessor. He still is quite a dictator, instilling fear in his people and literally crushing the opposition before elections hence why he wins by a landslide of 90% and above. But unlike his uncle, Teodoro is trying to rebuild the country's economy even though his family uses the nation's treasury like it's their personal bank account.

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