African leaders have always opposed term limits, and they are often accused of doing so to preserve their position of power.
But did you know that there is a country in Africa where the president and vice president are both father and son?
Equatorial Guinea is the country in question.
Equatorial Guinea is a small oil-rich West African country that has been ruled by two people since independence. Francisco Macías Nguema (Francisco Macías Nguema) ruled the country for the first time between October 12, 1968 and August 3, 1979. At that time, the current president and his nephew overthrew and Executed him.
Throughout Equatorial Guinea as an independent country, power has always been in the family.
Do you know that father and son belong to the top two seats in the country? In short, the President and Vice President of Equatorial Guinea are father and son.
In this case, Teodorin Obiang is the son of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea.
Since 1979, the current President of Equatorial Guinea Mbasogo has ruled the country for more than four years. He is the second longest reigning president in the world, second only to Paul Biya in Cameroon, who is currently the longest reigning president in the world.
The country’s vice president is his first wife, Constance Mangue, and the son of Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang. Before being appointed as the second vice president in charge of national defense and security, he served as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry for many years in his father’s government.
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