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POLITICIAN

Francisco Macías Nguema

1924 - 1979

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Francisco Macías Nguema (born Mez-m Ngueme, later Africanised to Masie Nguema Biyogo Ñegue Ndong; 1 January 1924 – 29 September 1979), often mononymously referred to as Macías, was an Equatoguinean politician who served as the first President of Equatorial Guinea from the country's independence in 1968 until his overthrow in 1979. He is widely remembered as one of the most brutal dictators in history. A member of the Fang people, Macías held numerous official positions under Spanish colonial rule before being elected the first president of the soon-to-be independent country in 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Macías Nguema has received more than 1,418,556 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Francisco Macías Nguema is the 2,822nd most popular politician (down from 2,428th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Equatorial Guinea and the 2nd most popular Equatorial Guinean Politician.

Francisco Macías Nguema is most famous for being the president of Equatorial Guinea from 1968 to 1979. He was a brutal dictator who killed and tortured many people.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francisco Macías Nguema ranks 2,822 out of 15,577. Before him are Marcus Atilius Regulus, Lekë Dukagjini, Alfonso III of Aragon, Juvénal Habyarimana, Herschel Grynszpan, and Heungseon Daewongun. After him are Emperor Zhao of Han, Wang Xizhi, Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, Gevherhan Sultan, Henry I of Navarre, and Asmā' bint Abi Bakr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Francisco Macías Nguema ranks 39. Before him are Eva Marie Saint, Kōbō Abe, Lys Assia, Amílcar Cabral, Dmitry Yazov, and Roger Guillemin. After him are Christopher Tolkien, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Ed Wood, Karmapa, John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, and Allan MacLeod Cormack. Among people deceased in 1979, Francisco Macías Nguema ranks 33. Before him are Wilhelm Bittrich, Rachele Mussolini, Robert Burns Woodward, Ernst Chain, Agostinho Neto, and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. After him are Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, Peggy Guggenheim, Mary Pickford, Pier Luigi Nervi, Nicholas Ray, and Edvard Kardelj.

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In Equatorial Guinea

Among people born in Equatorial Guinea, Francisco Macías Nguema ranks 2 out of 6. Before him are Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (1942). After him are Ignacio Milam Tang (1940), Eric Moussambani (1978), Vicente Ehate Tomi (1968), and Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In Equatorial Guinea

Among politicians born in Equatorial Guinea, Francisco Macías Nguema ranks 2. Before him are Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (1942). After him are Ignacio Milam Tang (1940), Eric Moussambani (1978), Vicente Ehate Tomi (1968), and Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó (1961).

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