Andrés Esono Ondó
Andrés Esono Ondó | |
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| Born | 4 February 1961 Añiso, Equatorial Guinea |
| Education | Complutense University of Madrid |
Andrés Esono Ondó Okogo[1] (Añisoc, February 4, 1961)[2][3][4] is a politician and academic of Equatorial Guinea, and the general secretary of the Convergence for Social Democracy (Equatorial Guinea) (CSD).
He has a degree of sociology from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and has a Political Science degree from Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia.[2] He taught at Colegio Español de Malabo and in other colleges[2] He has worked as a national consultant for the World Bank and three United Nations agencies; UNICEF, United Nations Population Fund, and United Nations Development Programme.[4]
He began his political career in 1986 as a founding member of the Socialist Party of Equatorial Guinea. In 1992, he abandoned the party and merged with the Convergence for Social Democracy (Equatorial Guinea), serving as Secretary of Communication as well as being part of the National Executive Committee.[2]
In the 2013 Equatorial Guinean parliamentary election, he was elected as city councilor of Malabo.[4]
In December 2013, he was elected as the Secretary General of the CSD, succeeding Plácido Micó Abogo.[2][3]
For the 2017 Equatorial Guinean parliamentary election, he ran for a seat in the National Parliament, but was not elected.
In 2019, he was arrested in Chad under accusations of plotting a coup against Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.[5][6]
In October 2022, Ondó announced his presidential candidacy for the 2022 Equatorial Guinean general election.[7] In the elections, he obtained 2.31% of the votes and denounced it as fraudulent.[8]
He is married and has three children.[2]
References
- ^ "El día de los Padres de la Independencia" (PDF). CPDS. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Andrés Esono, nombrado nuevo secretario general del CPDS". Europa Press. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Andrés Esono, nuevo Secretario General del CPDS". guineaecuatorialpress.com. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ a b c "Candidatos de Juntos Podemos. Andrés Esono Ono, Cabeza de lista para la Cámara de Diputados por Malabo". 7 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ "E Guinea opposition figure freed after Chad arrest". SABC News. 2019-04-24. Archived from the original on 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
- ^ "Equatorial Guinea". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
- ^ "Opositor Esono concurrirá a los comicios presidenciales de Guinea Ecuatorial". Swissinfo.ch (in Spanish). 2022-10-12. Retrieved 2026-01-01.
- ^ swissinfo.ch, S. W. I. (2022-11-27). "La oposición denuncia el resultado electoral en Guinea Ecuatorial". SWI swissinfo.ch (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-02-28.