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Ignacio Milam Tang (born 20 June 1940
.
) is an Equatoguinean politician who was Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea from July 2008 to May 2012. He is a member of the
Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea The Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea ( es, Partido Democrático de Guinea Ecuatorial, abbreviated PDGE) is the ruling political party in Equatorial Guinea. It was established by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on 11 October 1987. ...
(PDGE)."Guinée Equatoriale: Ignacio Milam Tang, nouveau Premier ministre"
, AFP, July 8, 2008 .
From May 2012 to June 2016, he was First Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, serving alongside President Obiang's son, Teodorín.


Political career

Tang is a member of the
Fang ethnic group The Beti-Pahuin are a Bantu ethnic group located in rain forest regions of Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Though they separate themselves into several individual clans, they all share a c ...
. He was Minister of Justice and Worship from 1996 to 1998, then Minister of Youth and Sports from 1998 to 1999. In 1999, he was elected as the Second Vice-President of the Chamber of People's Representatives,"New Prime Minister appointed in Equatorial Guinea"
afrol News, February 26, 2001.
and he remained in that post until being appointed Deputy Prime Minister for the Civil Service and Administrative Coordination in the government of Prime Minister Cándido Muatetema Rivas on February 26, 2001. After two years as Deputy Prime Minister, he was instead appointed Minister of State and Secretary-General of the Presidency on February 11, 2003. It was announced on January 10, 2006, that he had been appointed Equatorial Guinea's Ambassador to Spain; he served in that position until July 2008.


Prime Minister

Tang was appointed Prime Minister by President Teodoro Obiang on July 8, 2008, replacing
Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea (born ''c''. 1961) is a politician from Equatorial Guinea and a member of PDGE. He was Prime Minister from 2006 to 2008.November 2009 presidential election, Tang and his government resigned on 12 January 2010, as they were legally required to do. Obiang reappointed Tang Prime Minister later on the same day.


Vice president

Tang resigned as Prime Minister on 18 May 2012 and was replaced by
Vicente Ehate Tomi Vicente Ehate Tomi (born 1968) is an Equatoguinean Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatori ...
on 21 May 2012. He was moved to the newly created post of First Vice-President on the same day, while Obiang's son,
Teodorin Obiang Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue (born 25 June 1968, nicknamed Teodorín) is the Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, in office since 2016. He is a son of Teodoro Obiang, the authoritarian leader of Equatorial Guinea, by his first wife, Constancia M ...
, was simultaneously appointed Second Vice-President."Guinée équatoriale: nouveau Premier ministre et nouveau vice-président"
AFP, 22 May 2012 .


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milam Tang, Ignacio 1940 births Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea politicians Living people Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Equatorial Guinea) Vice presidents of Equatorial Guinea