Bonifacio Nguema

Bonifacio Nguema Esono Nchama (24 April 1936 – 28 April 2015) was an Equatorial Guinean politician, known for having been Vice President of Francisco Macías Nguema and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

Biography Nguema was born on 24 April 1936 in Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea. He was Catholic and was once mayor of Mongomo for a short time in 1982.

Career Before he was vice-president, he had been Government Delegate, Secretary General for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Equatorial Guinea (acting in effect in 1976).

Vice president In 1978, Nguema became vice-president, by Francisco Macías Nguema, his cousin. It took more than a year before he left and calmed the rebels against the Macías' regime.

Later career After the Obiang coup in 1979, Nguema participated in the Supreme Military Council. In October 1979, he was decorated by Obiang and soon after became ambassador to Ethiopia.