President Teodoro Obiang candidate for a 6th term in Equatorial Guinea

The President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang, in 2019 in Paris (illustration image).

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Teodoro Obiang will be a candidate in the next presidential election.

His son and vice-president, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, nicknamed Teodorin, has just announced it on his Twitter account.

At 80, Teodoro Obiang, who has governed the country for 43 years, therefore intends to run for a sixth term.

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With 43 years in office, Teodoro Obiang holds the world record for longest tenure.

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However, Teodoro Obiang seemed to prepare his son for the next generation.

As soon as he was re-elected in 2016, he appointed him vice-president, a position created to measure.

In recent months, he has limited his public appearances, giving way to Teodorin. 

But, reveler, the Obiang son struts around on social networks, surrounded by naiads or at the wheel of racing cars.

In France, he was given a three-year suspended prison sentence and a fine of 30 million euros in the “ill-gotten gains” case. 

A CV that does not yet convince the close guard of Teodoro Obiang, while the country is just recovering from the oil crisis of 2014 and that of Covid-19. 

At 80, Teodoro Obiang is reputed to lead the life of an ascetic.

He plays sports daily and claims to have foiled 10 coup and assassination attempts.

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