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Obiang appoints three senior officials to Equatorial Guinea’s Senate

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Obiang appoints three senior officials to Equatorial Guinea’s Senate

Equatorial Guinean President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has appointed Armando Ndemesogo Onguene as Senate secretary-general, Juan Mba Obono Nzang as deputy secretary-general and Sol Pilar Nchama Briones as chief officer. The decree, signed on 16 October 2026 and made public on 21 October on public television, reorganises these positions in the upper house.

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