Cristino Seriche Bioko (15 June 1940 – 11 June 2024) was an Equatoguinean soldier and politician who was the Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea from 15 August 1982 to 4 March 1992. He previously served as

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Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (; born 5 June 1942) is an Equatoguinean politician, former commissioned officer, military officer and dictator who has served as the second president of Equatorial Guinea since 1982. Previously, he was the Chairm ...

for almost one year, from December 1981 to until the position was abolished in October 1982 according to the constitutional referendum, at which point he became president.

Biography

He was a member of the

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, he attended the General Military Academy in

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. During the dictatorship of

Francisco Macías Nguema Francisco Macías Nguema (born Mez-m Ngueme, later Africanisation, Africanised to Masie Nguema Biyogo Ñegue Ndong; 1 January 1924 – 29 September 1979), often referred to as Macías Nguema or simply Macías, was an Equatoguinean politician w ...

he served as governor of

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, formerly known as Fernando Pó'','' but in 1975 he was removed from the role and imprisoned in the Playa Negra prison. In 1979 he participated alongside Obiang and other soldiers in the

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that overthrew the dictator Francisco Macías Nguema, during whose regime Seriche Bioko was imprisoned in the Playa Negra prison. In 1982, after a new new constitution came into force, Seriche Bioko assumed the position of prime minister of Equatorial Guinea, operating with limited power alongside Obiang, who was president. After the

Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea The Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (, abbreviated PDGE) is the ruling political party in Equatorial Guinea. It was established by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on 11 October 1987. Prior to 1991, the PDGE was the sole legal pol ...

was founded by President Obiang in 1987, Seriche Bioko joined it as did almost all politicians in the country. In those years, he was also a party deputy in the House of People's Representatives. He served as prime minister until March 4, 1992. He later fell into disgrace and went into exile in Spain. At the end of 2004 he founded the opposition party "Vanguardia por la Defensa de los Derechos de Ciudadanos". He died on 11 June 2024, at the age of 83.Fallece Cristino Seriche Bioko quien fuera Primer Ministro tras el Golpe de Libertad

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