Politics of Equatorial Guinea

The politics of Equatorial Guinea take place under an authoritarian regime where power has been centralized under President Teodoro Obiang Nguema since he seized power in a 1979 coup against his uncle, Francisco Macías Nguema. The regime party, Partido democrático de guinea ecuatorial, is the dominant party in Equatorial Guinea politics. The structure of Nguema's regime has varied over time. Initially, it was a military dictatorship before transforming into a single-party state before most recently becoming competitive authoritarian.

Elections take place in Equatorial Guinea but they are neither free nor fair. The political opposition is either repressed or co-opted by the Nguema regime.

Corruption is widespread in Equatorial Guinea where members of the Nguema regime enrich themself on Equatorial Guinea's substantial oil wealth.

Nominally, the politics Equatorial Guinea takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President is both the head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Chamber of People's Representatives

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