Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue

Teodoro Nguema
First Vice President of Equatorial Guinea
Assumed office
22 June 2016
PresidentTeodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Preceded byIgnacio Milam Tang
Second Vice President of Equatorial Guinea
In office
21 May 2012 – 22 June 2016
PresidentTeodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byVacant
Personal details
Born
Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue

(1968-06-25) 25 June 1968 (age 56)
Akoakam-Esangui, Spanish Guinea
(now Equatorial Guinea)[1]
Political partyPDGE
Parent(s)Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Constancia Mangue

Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue (born 25 June 1968,[2] nicknamed Teodorín and Teddy) is an Equatoguinean politician who has served as the first vice president of Equatorial Guinea since 22 June 2016. He is a son of Teodoro Obiang, president of Equatorial Guinea, by his wife, Constancia Mangue.

He has been appointed to numerous government positions by his father's regime, including Minister of Agriculture and Forestry and Second Vice-President, in charge of defense and security, in May 2012. He was promoted to the position of First Vice-President in June 2016. Known for his lavish lifestyle, he has been the subject of a number of international criminal charges and sanctions for alleged embezzlement and corruption. His net worth is $600 million including his yacht, private jets, and luxury cars.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Passport photo". Archived from the original on 17 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Biography". 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 13 June 2014.
  3. ^ Sá, Ana Lúcia; Rodrigues Sanches, Edalina (2021). "The politics of autocratic survival in Equatorial Guinea: Co-optation, restrictive institutional rules, repression, and international projection". African Affairs. 120 (478): 78–102. doi:10.1093/afraf/adaa030. hdl:10071/22003. ISSN 0001-9909.
  4. ^ Jackson, Patrick (28 July 2021). "Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue and his love of Bugattis and Michael Jackson". BBC News. Archived from the original on 20 January 2023.