Víctor Suances y Díaz del Río explained

Víctor Suances y Díaz del Río
Term Start:12 August 1966
Term End:12 October 1968
Successor:Position abolished
Term Start1:16 September 1940
Term End1:17 May 1941
Term Start2:30 August 1939
Term End2:15 December 1939
Nationality:Spanish
Occupation:Military officer

Víctor Suances y Díaz del Río was a Spanish military officer who served as the last colonial administrator of Spanish Guinea from August 1966[1] until the independence of Equatorial Guinea in October 1968.[2] During his tenure as colonial administrator, Spanish Guinea held a constitutional referendum and a general election in the months leading to independence, in which Francisco Macías Nguema was elected as the country's first president.

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  1. Web site: BOE-A-1966-12663 Decreto 2124/1966, de 13 de agosto, por el que se nombra a don Víctor Suances Díaz del Río Comisario general de la Guinea Ecuatorial. . 2024-03-10 . www.boe.es.
  2. Web site: 18. Spanish Guinea (1950–1968). 30 January 2022. en. uca.edu. University of Central Arkansas.