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Francisco Macias Nguema

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The Resume

    (January 1, 1924-September 29, 1979)
    Born in Nsegayong, Equatorial Guinea
    Born Macías Nguema Biyogo Masie
    Fang ethnicity
    Worked in Spanish civil service in Gulf of Guinea (1950’s-early 1960’s)
    Vice President of Equatorial Guinea (1964)
    President of Equatorial Guinea (October 12, 1968-August 3, 1979)
    Wanted to exterminate Spanish influence in Equatorial Guinea
    Overthrown in a coup led by Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasago
    Executed in Black Beach Prison by Moroccan troops

Why he might be annoying:

    He turned Equatorial Guinea into the ‘Auschwitz of Africa,' with a third of the population either killed or exiled.
    To stop people fleeing the country, he ordered all private boats destroyed and banned fishing.
    He imprisoned his own predecessor Ondo Edu, who died in prison (1969).
    He declared himself president for life (July 14, 1972).
    He outlawed private education because he feared that it could challenge his rule (March 18, 1975).
    He outlawed the Roman Catholic church and savagely persecuted its members (1978).
    He established a personality cult, dubbing himself the ‘One True Miracle of Equatorial Guinea’ and the ‘Grand Master of Education, Science, and Culture’.
    He renamed the island of ‘Fernando Po’ into ‘Macias Nguema Biyogo Island’ (now called Bioko).
    He persecuted Equatorial Guinea’s Bubi and Spanish populations.
    He destroyed the Equatorial Guinean economy through neglect and embezzlement.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He could be quite patriotic towards his country.
    He was overthrown by his nephew Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasago, whose rule is less repressive.
    Enough Equatoguineans believed his claims of miraculous powers that the new regime had to import a firing squad from Morocco to execute him.

Credit: Big Lenny


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 88 Votes: 52.27% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 38 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 41 Votes: 51.22% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 44 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 26 Votes: 73.08% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 54 Votes: 68.52% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 60 Votes: 73.33% Annoying