Salvador Elá Nseng

Salvador Elá Nseng Abegue (1940 – 1 June 2022) was an Equatorial Guinean military leader, politician, and diplomat.

This name uses Fang people from Equatorial Guinea naming customs: his surname is Elá, his father's surname is Nseng and his mother's surname is Abegue. The surnames are chosen by their respective parents.
Salvador Elá Nseng
Born
Salvador Elá Nseng Abegue

1940 (1940)
Añisoc, Spanish Guinea
Died1 June 2022 (aged 81–82)
Malabo, Bioko Norte, Equatorial Guinea
Occupation(s)Military leader, politician, diplomat

Biography

Salvador Elá Nseng was born in Añisoc,[1][2] a member of the Fang ethnic group.[3]

From 1963 to 1965 he trained at the General Military Academy in Zaragoza, Spain, along with other future leaders such as Teodoro Obiang and Eulogio Oyó.[2][4] He came to hold the rank of captain.[4]

Elá Nseng was key in the dismantling of the 1969 coup attempt, when he notified President Francisco Macías Nguema of the attempt and helped him to quell it militarily.[5]

During the dictatorship of Macías Nguema, he served as governor of Río Muni,[2][6] and was a prison official in Bata, responsible for the execution of several political prisoners.[1][7]

He fell out of favor after being implicated in the 1976 coup attempt. He was imprisoned at Black Beach,[8] and was released by Teodoro Obiang at midnight on 2 August 1979.[9] He was one of the imprisoned military men who joined the so-called "Liberty Coup", being responsible for leading its troops in the city of Malabo.[10]

After the success of the coup and Obiang's consequent assumption of power, Elá Nseng became the Second Vice President of the Supreme Military Council.[3] He was also in charge of the Finance and Trade portfolios.[11][12] During his tenure in these positions, he played an important role in establishing the first cooperation agreements signed with Spain and France, at the end of 1979.[13][14][15][16][17] That same year he was decorated in Spain with the Order of Isabella the Catholic, together with Florencio Mayé Elá and Juan Manuel Tray.[18]

In 1979 he also served as Governor of the Bank of Equatorial Guinea.[19]

In February 1980, he was dismissed from office and replaced by Eulogio Oyó,[4][20] immediately assuming the post of ambassador of Equatorial Guinea to China.[7][21] He remained in this position until 1986. He then served as ambassador to Ethiopia.[7][22]

In the 2013 legislative elections he was elected senator representing the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE).[23][24] He was part of the Permanent Commission of Foreign Policy, International Cooperation, and Integration, and of the Permanent Commission of Defense and State Security.[25]

He had a close relationship with President Obiang.[26]

He died on 1 June 2022 in Doctor Loeri Comba Polyclinic in Malabo after an illness.[27]

References
  1. "Sobre la verdad histórica de Guinea Ecuatorial" [On the Historical Truth of Equatorial Guinea] (in Spanish). Radio Macuto. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  2. "'Monica de Pyongyang', itinéraire d'une 'enfant de deux dictateurs'" ['Monica From Pyongyang', Itinerary of a 'Child of Two Dictators'] (in French). Association France-Guinée Équatoriale. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. "El Consejo Militar guineano abre el poder a miembros de la etnia bubi" [The Guinean Military Council Opens Power to Members of the Bubi Ethnic Group]. El País (in Spanish). 24 August 1979. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. "Cesado el 'número tres' del régimen ecuatoguineano" [The 'Number Three' of the Equatoguinean Regime is Done]. El País (in Spanish). Malabo. EFE. 5 February 1980. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  5. Mbomío Bacheng, Joaquín (2 August 2014). "Don Atanasio, héroe y mártir" [Don Atanasio, Hero and Martyr]. ondobacheng (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  6. Liniger-Goumaz, Max (1985). "Connaître la Guinee Equatoriale" [To Know Equatorial Guinea]. Peuples Noirs Peuples Africains (in French) (47). Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  7. Nsue Esono, Laurentino Jesús (15 May 2003). "La paciencia y la magnanimidad no son cobardes" [Patience and Magnanimity are Not Cowards]. Foro de Guinea Ecuatorial (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  8. "Hojas Informativas" [Informational Papers] (in Spanish). 30 July 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  9. Mengue, Clarence (2014). El contexto colonial y poscolonial en la narrativa Hispano-Guineana [The Colonial and Post-Colonial Context in the Hispano-Guinean Narrative] (PDF) (Thesis) (in Spanish). University of Alcalá. p. 276. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  10. Nsí Owono-Okomo, Mansueto (8 May 2014). El proceso político de Guinea Ecuatorial [The Political Process of Equatorial Guinea] (in Spanish). edit.um. ISBN 9788469599204.
  11. de Moganda, Carlos Jorge. "Cronología Histórica de Guinea Ecuatorial" [Historical Chronology of Equatorial Guinea]. guineaecuatorialhistoria.blogspot.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  12. Ndongo-Bidyogo, Donato (December 1980). "El comercio español con Africa. Especial referencia a Guinea Ecuatorial" [The Spanish Trade With Africa. Special Reference to Equatorial Guinea] (in Spanish). Instituto de Estudios Económicos. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  13. "Acuerdo complementario de 31 de octubre de 1979 entre el Gobierno del Reino de España y el Gobierno de la República de Guinea Ecuatorial sobre asistencia técnica en el campo de las ciencias geográficas, firmado en Madrid" [Supplementary Agreement of 31 October 1979 Between the Government of the Kingdom of Spain and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on Technical Assistance in the Field of Geographical Sciences, Signed in Madrid]. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  14. "France and Equatorial Guinea: Agreement on economic, technical, scientific and cultural co-operation. Signed at Paris on 28 November 1979" (PDF) (in French). United Nations. 1985. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  15. "Acuerdos complementarios al Tratado de Amistad y Cooperación entre el Reino de España y la República de Guinea Ecuatorial, firmado el 23 de octubre de 1980" [Agreements Complementary to the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation Between the Kingdom of Spain and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Signed on 23 October 1980]. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  16. "Treaty Series" (PDF). United Nations. 1981. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  17. "Décret n° 84-679" [Decree No. 84-679] (PDF) (in French). Government of Equatorial Guinea. 16 July 1984. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  18. "Real decreto 2853/1979" [Royal Decree 2853/1979] (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (310). 27 December 1979. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  19. "1979 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors". World Bank. December 1979. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  20. "Cesado el vicepresidente Salvador Elá" [Vice President Salvador Elá is Done]. ABC (in Spanish). 5 February 1980. p. 35. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  21. "Segunda carta abierta a las fuerzas armadas de la República de Guinea Ecuatorial" [Second Open Letter to the Armed Forces of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea] (in Spanish). Coalición CORED. 3 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  22. "REPORT of the Extra-ordinary Meeting of Inter-governmental Experts of Transport, Communications and Planning" (PDF). United Nations. May 1991. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  23. "Relación completa de Senadores y Diputados" [Complete List of Senators and Deputies]. Diario Rombe (in Spanish). 23 July 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  24. "Relacion de los senadores electos, designados y natos respectivamente, por orden alfabético" [List of Elected Senators in Alphabetical Order] (PDF) (in Spanish). Malabo: Ministry of the Interior and Local Corporations of Equatorial Guinea. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  25. "Salvador Ela Nseng" (in Spanish). Senate of Equatorial Guinea. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  26. "Obiang Nguema, presidente de Guinea Ecuatorial y capitan general de las fuerzas armadas, expulsa a su teniente general, melanio ebendeng nsomo, de su residencia oficial, ordenandole ir a vivir en una chabola ubicada en un barrio de la ciudad de malabo" [Obiang Nguema, President of Equatorial Guinea and Captain General of the Armed Forces, Expels His General Lieutenant, Melanio Ebendeng Nsomo, From His Official Residence, Ordering Him to Live in a Chambola Located in a District of the City of Malabo] (in Spanish). Malabo: Candidatura Independiente de Guinea Ecuatorial. 23 August 2006. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  27. "Muere Salvador Elá Nzeng Abegue, Senador y Exvicepresidente Segundo del Consejo de Transición Supremo | Revista Real Equatorial Guinea" (in Spanish). 2 June 2022. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
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