1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état
The 1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état happened on August 3, 1979, when President Francisco Macías Nguema's nephew, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, overthrew him in a bloody coup. Fighting between loyalists and rebels continued until Macías Nguema was captured fleeing for Cameroon on August 18. He sentenced his uncle to death for the crime of genocide against the Bubi people and other crimes committed. Macías Nguema was executed by firing squad on September 29, 1979. Teodoro has remained President since then.
1979 Equatoguinean coup d'état1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'etat1979 Equatorial Guinean coup d'état1982 Equatorial Guinean constitutional referendumAugust 1979Coup d'étatDemocratic Party of Equatorial GuineaEquatorial_GuineaEquatorial Guinea–North Korea relationsEquatorial Guinea–Spain relationsEulogio OyóFamily dictatorshipFlorencio Mayé EláFrancisco Macías NguemaGenocides in history (after World War II)History of Equatorial GuineaList of presidents of Equatorial GuineaList of revolutions and rebellionsList of totalitarian regimesPresident for lifeSalvador Elá NsengSupreme Military Council (Equatorial Guinea)TVGETeodoro Obiang Nguema MbasogoTreaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Spain and Equatorial Guinea of 1980United National Workers' PartyVice President of Equatorial GuineaÁngel Masié Ntutumu
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1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état
The 1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état happened on August 3, 1979, when President Francisco Macías Nguema's nephew, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, overthrew him in a bloody coup. Fighting between loyalists and rebels continued until Macías Nguema was captured fleeing for Cameroon on August 18. He sentenced his uncle to death for the crime of genocide against the Bubi people and other crimes committed. Macías Nguema was executed by firing squad on September 29, 1979. Teodoro has remained President since then.
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1979-08-18
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*Francisco Macías Nguemais imprisoned and executed on September 29, 1979.
Coup attempt succeeds.
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Map of Equatorial Guinea.
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About 400 total killed
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Nexus of coup in Malabo , Equatorial Guinea
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Coup attempt succeeds.
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