Cándido Muatetema Rivas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Cándido Muatetema Rivas

Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea

Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1960

Place of Birth: Bioko Sur Province, Insular Region, Equatorial Guinea

Date of Death: 16-Jun-2014

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: Equatorial Guinea

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Cándido Muatetema Rivas

  • Cándido Muatetema Rivas (20 February 1960 - 16 June 2014) was a political figure in Equatorial Guinea who was Prime Minister from 2001 to 2004. Rivas was born in Batete, a village in southern Fernando Po (today Bioko) near Luba.
  • He was General Treasurer of the State from November 1991 to August 1993 and served in the government as Secretary of State for Youth and Sports from December 1993 to January 1996.
  • He was also a co-founder of the youth section of the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) and was the youth section's General Coordinator from 1993 to 1995.
  • He later became Deputy Secretary-General of the PDGE.From June 1996 to February 2001, Rivas was Second Secretary of the Chamber of People's Representatives.
  • He was also a member of CEMAC's Inter-Parliamentary Commission and Vice-President of its Economic Affairs Sub-Commission from April 2000 to February 2001.Rivas was appointed as Prime Minister by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema on 26 February 2001, succeeding Ángel Serafín Seriche Dougan.
  • His government was sworn in on 27 February and President Obiang emphasized on this occasion that it needed to show unity and "cohesion".Rivas and his government resigned on 11 June 2004, and Obiang appointed Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó to succeed him on 14 June.
  • The structure of his government was a cabinet with 50 ministerial posts. He was appointed as Equatorial Guinea's Ambassador to Germany in 2005, a posting he held until his death in 2014.Cándido Muatetema Rivas died in Berlin, Germany, on 16 June 2014, at the age of 54.

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