Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue
| Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue | |
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| 1st Vice President of Equatorial Guinea | |
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Assumed office 22 June 2016 |
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| President | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo |
| Preceded by | Office established |
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| Born | 1969 (age 47–48) |
| Political party | PDGE |
| Alma mater | Pepperdine University |
Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue (born c. 25 June 1969, nicknamed Teodorín) is the Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, in office since 2012. He is a son of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the President of Equatorial Guinea, by his first wife, Constancia Mangue Nsue Okomo. He served for years as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry in his father's government before being appointed as Second Vice-President, in charge of defense and security, in May 2012. He was promoted to First Vice-President in June 2016.
Nguema Obiang studied at l'Ecole des Roches of Normandy, a French private school, he also spent five months at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. However, according to The Times, Obiang graduated from that university.
Obiang served as Adviser to the Presidency in the 1990s and subsequently as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, a post he held for about 15 years.
It was reported in 2005 that he was to be made vice president of Equatorial Guinea, which, according to the constitution, would allow him to accede to the presidency upon his father's retirement. He was eventually elevated to the post of Second Vice-President, in charge of defense and security, on 21 May 2012, alongside former Prime Minister Ignacio Milam Tang, who was designated as First Vice-President. After four years as Second Vice-President, he was promoted to the post of First Vice-President, while remaining in charge of defense and security, on 22 June 2016; this move, which followed his father's re-election in the April 2016 presidential election, placed him clearly in line to succeed his father.
As Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Obiang was paid € 3,200 (£ 2,700) a month.
The New York Times reported in 2004 that he was "a rap music entrepreneur and bon vivant, fond of Lamborghinis and long trips to Hollywood and Rio de Janeiro". Superyacht Tatoosh was hired for £400,000 by Obiang for a Christmas cruise when he entertained rap singer Eve.
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