Florencio Mayé
Mayé in 1983
Born
Florencio Mayé Elá Mangue

1944 (age 7980)
Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea
Occupation(s)Military leader, politician, diplomat

Florencio Mayé Elá Mangue (born 1944)[1] is an Equatoguinean military leader, politician, and diplomat.

Biography

In the 1960s, Mayé had military training at the General Military Academy in Zaragoza, Spain,[2] along with Teodoro Obiang, Eulogio Oyó, and other future leaders.

Under the dictatorship of Francisco Macías, Mayé was head of the National Navy. He participated in the coup of 3 August 1979, and in the subsequent government of the Supreme Military Council[3][4][5] as Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs,[6] participating in the signing of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Spain and Equatorial Guinea of 1980.[7] He was decorated in Spain with the Order of Isabella the Catholic, along with Salvador Elá Nseng and Juan Manuel Tray.[8]

Under the regime of Teodoro Obiang, Mayé served as ambassador to the UN from December 1982 to December 1987,[9] and to Cameroon beginning in December 2006.[10][11] In September 2008 he was involved in the kidnapping of the political refugee Cipriano Nguema Mba in Cameroon,[12] for which the country declared Mayé persona non grata. Due to this he had to leave office,[11] and was succeeded by Pedro Elá Nguema Buna.[10]

In the 2013 legislative elections, Mayé was elected senator representing the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE).[13][14] He is part of the Permanent Commission of Foreign Policy, International Cooperation, and Integration, and of the Permanent Commission of Defense and State Security.[15]

Personal life

Mayé's daughter is married and has children with Teodoro Obiang's son Gabriel Mbega.[16]

References

  1. "Foreign ministers E-K".
  2. Mengue, Clarence (2014). El contexto colonial y poscolonial en la narrativa Hispano-Guineana [The Colonial and Post-Colonial Context in the Hispano-Guinean Narrative] (PDF) (Thesis) (in Spanish). University of Alcalá. p. 276. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. "Florencio Maye está siendo investigado por el Gobierno" [Florencio Maye is Being Investigated by the Government]. Diario Rombe (in Spanish). 8 October 2013. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. Miguez, Alberto (25 October 1980). "El Gobierno español considera superada la 'etapa de emergencia' en Guinea" [The Spanish Government Considers the 'Emergency Stage' in Guinea Surpassed]. ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. p. 12. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  5. Fraguas, Rafael (23 September 1979). "Sorpresa en Guinea Ecuatorial por la presencia de un contingente militar marroquí" [Surprise in Equatorial Guinea Due to the Presence of a Moroccan Military Contingent]. El País (in Spanish). Malabo. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  6. "El tigre, cazado" [The Tiger, Hunted] (in Spanish). ASODEGUE. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  7. "Tratado de 23 de octubre de 1980 de Amistad y Cooperación entre el Reino de España y la República de Guinea Ecuatorial, hecha en Madrid, y dos Cartas Anejas" [Treaty of 23 October 1980 on Friendship and Cooperation between the Kingdom of Spain and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Made in Madrid, and two Cartas Anejas]. Noticias Juridicas (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  8. "Real decreto 2853/1979" [Royal Decree 2853/1979] (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (310). 27 December 1979. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  9. "Formers Ambassadors". ge-nyonu.org. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Cameroun: de Nouveaux Ambassadeurs au Palais de l'Unite" [Cameroon: New Ambassadors in the Palace of Unity]. Yaoundeinfos.com (in French). 14 December 2009. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  11. 1 2 Belibi, Jean Francis (9 September 2009). "Florencio Maye Ela Mangue persona non grata au Cameroun". bonaberi.com (in French). Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  12. "Hojas informativas" [Information Sheets] (in Spanish). ASODEGUE. 17 September 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  13. "Relación completa de Senadores y Diputados" [Complete List of Senators and Deputies]. Diario Rombe (in Spanish). 23 July 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  14. "Relacion de los senadores electos, designados y natos respectivamente, por orden alfabético" [List of Elected Senators in Alphabetical Order] (PDF) (in Spanish). Malabo: Ministry of the Interior and Local Corporations of Equatorial Guinea. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  15. "Florencio Maye Ela" (in Spanish). Senate of Equatorial Guinea. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  16. "Florencio Maye está siendo investigado por el Gobierno". Diario Rombe (in Spanish). 8 October 2013. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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