Cristino Seriche Bioko

Equatoguinean politician (1940–2024)

Cristino Seriche
Seriche in 1979

Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
In office 15 August^{[citation needed]} 1982 – 4 March 1992
President	Teodoro Obiang
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Silvestre Siale

Personal details
Born	Cristino Seriche Bioko (1940-06-15)15 June 1940^{[citation needed]} Bata, Spanish Guinea^{[citation needed]}
Died	11 June 2024(2024-06-11) (aged 83) Sipopo, Equatorial Guinea
Political party	PDGE

Cristino Seriche Bioko (15 June 1940^{[citation needed]} – 11 June 2024) was an Equatoguinean soldier and politician who was the Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea from 15 August^{[citation needed]} 1982 to 4 March 1992.^[1] He previously served as Vice President under Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo for almost one year, from December 1981 to until the position was abolished in October 1982 according to the constitutional referendum, at which point he became president.^[2]

Biography

He was a member of the Bubi people.^[3] Like Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, he attended the General Military Academy in Zaragoza.^[4]

During the dictatorship of Francisco Macías Nguema he served as governor of Bioko Island, formerly known as Fernando Pó, but in 1975 he was removed from the role and imprisoned in the Playa Negra prison.

In 1979 he participated alongside Obiang and other soldiers in the coup d'état that overthrew the dictator Francisco Macías Nguema,^[4]^[5] during whose regime Seriche Bioko was imprisoned in the Playa Negra prison.^[6]

On August 15, 1982, after a new new constitution came into force, Seriche Bioko assumed the position of prime minister of Equatorial Guinea, operating with limited power alongside Obiang, who was president. After the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea was founded by President Obiang in 1987, Seriche Bioko joined it as did almost all politicians in the country.^[7] In those years, he was also a party deputy in the House of People's Representatives.^[4] He served as prime minister until March 4, 1992.

He later fell into disgrace and went into exile in Spain. At the end of 2004 he founded the opposition party "Vanguardia por la Defensa de los Derechos de Ciudadanos".^[4]

He died on 11 June 2024, at the age of 83.^[8]

References

^ The International Who's Who 2004. Macon, GA: Routledge. 2003. pp. 164. ISBN 1-85743-217-7.
^ Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. ISBN 9781134264902.
^ Transatlantic Studies: Latin America, Iberia, and Africa. Liverpool University Press. 30 November 2019. p. 314. ISBN 9781789624427. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Cristino Seriche presenta en Madrid el partido Vanguardia por la Defensa de los Derechos de los Ciudadanos". 26 November 2005. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^ Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo (30 July 2009). ""El derrocamiento de Macías. La caída del tigre"". Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
^ Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo (30 July 2009). ""El derrocamiento de Macías. La caída del tigre"". Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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^ Fallece Cristino Seriche Bioko quien fuera Primer Ministro tras el Golpe de Libertad (in Spanish)