Cándido Muatetema Rivas (20 February 1960 – 16 June 2014) was a political figure in

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. It has an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name refers to its location both near the Equ ...

who was

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from 2001 to 2004.

Biography

Muatetema was born in Batete, a village in southern Fernando Po (today

Bioko Bioko (; ; ; historically known as Fernando Pó, ) is an island of Equatorial Guinea. It is located south of the coast of Cameroon, and northwest of the northernmost part of mainland Equatorial Guinea. Malabo, on the north coast of the is ...

) near Luba."« Priorité à la lutte contre la pauvreté »"
Jeuneafrique.com, October 7, 2002 . His maternal side, the Rivas, was of Cuban descent. Muatetema was General Treasurer of the State from November 1991 to August 1993 and served in the government as Secretary of State for Youth and Sports from December 1993 to January 1996. He was also a co-founder of the youth section of 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 ...

(PDGE) and was the youth section's General Coordinator from 1993 to 1995.CV at official website
(accessed July 9, 2008). He later became Deputy Secretary-General of the PDGE. From June 1996 to February 2001, Muatetema was Second Secretary of the Chamber of People's Representatives. He was also a member of

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's Inter-Parliamentary Commission and Vice-President of its Economic Affairs Sub-Commission from April 2000 to February 2001. Muatetema was appointed prime minister by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema on 26 February 2001, succeeding Ángel Serafín Seriche Dougan. His government was sworn in on 27 February and President Obiang emphasized on this occasion that it needed to show unity and "cohesion". Muatetema and his government resigned on 11 July 2004, and Obiang appointed Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó to succeed him on 14 July."Jul 2004 - EQUATORIAL GUINEA", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 50, July, 2004 Equatorial Guinea, Page 46047. The structure of his government was a cabinet with 50 ministerial posts. He was appointed Equatorial Guinea's

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in 2005, a posting he held until his death in 2014. Cándido Muatetema Rivas died in

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, on 16 June 2014, at the age of 54.

References

1960 births 2014 deaths Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Equatorial Guinea) Prime ministers of Equatorial Guinea Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea politicians Ambassadors of Equatorial Guinea to Germany People of Bubi descent Equatoguinean people of Cuban descent People of Liberated African descent {{EquatorialGuinea-politician-stub