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Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
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Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (born 5 June 1942), is a politician and also the current president of Equatorial Guinea. As of 2025, he is the longest serving head of state in the world.
Quotes
There is still the ongoing process of political liberation of African countries
President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo addressed members of the State Duma 26 September,2024
I do not have any (inferiority) complex in front of any white man
That’s the truth, just as you have said the truth, it is racist
I think it is careless, a head of state of a powerful country like America cannot talk like that because the world is not for him. He must respect all races of the world
Careless Trump is racist, the world is not for him – Eq. Guinea's Nguema fires 13 August 2024
We do not forget that the Soviet Union and its member countries played a great role in liberating the African continent from colonial dependence and continue to do so contributing to the liberation from neocolonial dependence
We continue to remain victims of neocolonialism
If extreme poverty still exists on the African continent, it means that imperial neocolonial forces continue exploiting our countries, taking natural resources from us and sucking everything that could invigorate us out of us
Negotiations with Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo 7 September, 2023
We hope to develop a variety of industries through these resources and we invite investors from across the globe to consider the exciting possibilities with us
Equatorial guinea: President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo 12 August, 2012
The instability Africa is suffering is due to the egoism of each country
We forget that we are Africans. Things are not moving in the right direction for our countries and it is not that Africa is not self sufficient but Africans look at ourselves as people who cannot develop ourselves yet we have many resources
Africans think all civilisation lies in the Western world
Oil can be linked to honey. Honey attracts many bees but some of those bees are the bad ones.
I remember Gaddafi; Africa is suffering due to egoism - Obiang Nguema 13 August 2024
Those who do criticize us are basing their judgment on outdated information
First of all, Western democratic nations cannot understand circumstances where someone stays in power for a long time. But in Africa, there exists what we call a person's charisma
I can never present myself as God. I am a human being, a very modest one
There is no persecution whatsoever of political leaders except for those who are actually involved in attempted coups to assassinate the president or to create the kind of problem that might upset constitutional bodies, because we believe in justice, which is impartial
I admire leaders who have stood out in the world and who have worked for world development
Interview with President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea 05 October, 2012
External links
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Teodoro Obiang wins sixth term in Equatorial Guinea, becomes world's longest-serving ruler
Category:Politicians from Equatorial Guinea
Category:1942 births
Category:Living people