World’s Longest-Serving Ruler Bids for a Half Century in Power
- Equatorial Guinea President Obiang running for sixth term
- About 80% of the population has only known him as president
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Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo will seek to extend his 43-year rule of the tiny oil-rich central African nation in elections on Sunday, and there’s little doubt he’ll succeed.
Obiang, who seized power from his uncle in 1979, has won every vote since with over 90% of the ballots. He first won re-election in 1989, a few months before the Berlin Wall fell. About 80% of Equatoguineans have only known him as president.