Florencio Mayé Elá Explained

Florencio Mayé
Birth Name:Florencio Mayé Elá Mangue
Birth Place:Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea
Occupation: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] In September 2008 he was involved in the kidnapping of the political refugee in Cameroon,[11] for which the country declared Mayé persona non grata. Due to this he had to leave office,[10] and was succeeded by Pedro Elá Nguema Buna.[12]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Foreign ministers E-K.
  2. El contexto colonial y poscolonial en la narrativa Hispano-Guineana . The Colonial and Post-Colonial Context in the Hispano-Guinean Narrative . Mengue . Clarence . . 276 . Spanish . 2014 . 3 December 2017.
  3. News: Florencio Maye está siendo investigado por el Gobierno . Florencio Maye is Being Investigated by the Government . Diario Rombe . Spanish . 8 October 2013 . 3 December 2017 . 19 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171219174023/https://diariorombe.es/florencio-maye-esta-siendo-investigado-por-el-gobierno/ . dead .
  4. News: El Gobierno español considera superada la 'etapa de emergencia' en Guinea . The Spanish Government Considers the 'Emergency Stage' in Guinea Surpassed . Miguez . Alberto . . Madrid . 12 . Spanish . 25 October 1980 . 3 December 2017.
  5. News: 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 . Fraguas . Rafael . . Malabo . Spanish . 23 September 1979 . 3 December 2017.
  6. Web site: El tigre, cazado . The Tiger, Hunted . ASODEGUE . Spanish . 3 December 2017 . 27 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191027103651/http://www.asodegue.org/hdojmc14.htm . dead .
  7. Web site: 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 . Spanish . 3 December 2017.
  8. Real decreto 2853/1979 . Royal Decree 2853/1979 . . 310 . Spanish . 27 December 1979 . 3 December 2017.
  9. Web site: Ambassadors . ge-nyonu.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023214443/http://ge-nyonu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=6&lang=en . 23 October 2012 . dead . 3 December 2017.
  10. Web site: Florencio Maye Ela Mangue persona non grata au Cameroun . Belibi . Jean Francis . bonaberi.com . French . 9 September 2009 . 3 December 2017.
  11. Web site: Hojas informativas . Information Sheets . ASODEGUE . Spanish . 17 September 2009 . 3 December 2017 . 6 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306100204/http://www.asodegue.org/septiembre17093.htm . dead .
  12. Web site: Cameroun: de Nouveaux Ambassadeurs au Palais de l'Unite . Cameroon: New Ambassadors in the Palace of Unity . Yaoundeinfos.com . French . 14 December 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140427035614/http://www.yaoundeinfos.com/article-cameroun-de-nouveaux-ambassadeurs-au-palais-de-l-unite-41164633.html . 27 April 2014 . dead . 3 December 2017.
  13. News: Relación completa de Senadores y Diputados . Complete List of Senators and Deputies . Diario Rombe . Spanish . 23 July 2013 . 3 December 2017 . 9 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170809090952/https://diariorombe.es/relacion-completa-de-senadores-y-diputados/ . dead .
  14. Web site: Relacion de los senadores electos, designados y natos respectivamente, por orden alfabético . List of Elected Senators in Alphabetical Order . Ministry of the Interior and Local Corporations of Equatorial Guinea . Malabo . Spanish . 27 June 2013 . 3 December 2017 . 9 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170809091343/http://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/imgdb/2013/SENADORES.pdf . dead .
  15. Web site: Florencio Maye Ela . . Spanish . 3 December 2017.
  16. News: Florencio Maye está siendo investigado por el Gobierno. es. 8 October 2013. Diario Rombe. 5 April 2021. 9 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124012/https://diariorombe.es/florencio-maye-esta-siendo-investigado-por-el-gobierno/. dead.

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