Saturnino Ibongo Iyanga

Saturnino Ibongo Iyanga
1st Permanent Representative of Equatorial Guinea to the United Nations
In office
November 12, 1968 – March 5, 1969
PresidentFrancisco Macías Nguema
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byUnknown
Personal details
Born(1936-01-18)January 18, 1936
Bata, Río Muni, Spanish Guinea
DiedMarch 6, 1969(1969-03-06) (aged 33)
Bata, Equatorial Guinea
PartyNational Liberation Movement of Equatorial Guinea
EducationUniversity of Navarra

Saturnino Ibongo Iyanga (January 18, 1936 – March 6, 1969) was an Equatoguinean politician, diplomat, journalist and the first permanent representative of Equatorial Guinea to the United Nations.

Biography

Ibongo studied at the Escuela Superior Indígena, in Santa Isabel (present-day Malabo), obtaining his Master's degree.[1] Between 1955 and 1959 he taught at the Generalísimo Franco School and at Ramón y Cajal, in the same city.[2] In 1960 he moved to Spain, working as an official of the Ministry of Finance in the Provincial Council of Navarre.[2] In 1964 he obtained his Bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Navarra, and he worked for Diario Ébano[3] and Agencia EFE.[2] In the Constitutional Conference (1967–1968) that drafted the 1968 Constitution of Equatorial Guinea, he participated as spokesperson for the National Liberation Movement of Equatorial Guinea (MONALIGE).[4]

Ibongo was one of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence of Equatorial Guinea, at the United Nations on July 7, 1968.[2] He composed, in collaboration with Atanasio Ndongo Miyone, the national anthem of Equatorial Guinea that has been used since the country's independence. As permanent representative of Equatorial Guinea to the United Nations, he made his first participation there on November 12 of the same year,[5] a month after the country's independence.[6]

He was arrested and murdered under the regime of Francisco Macías Nguema in March 1969, after being accused of participating in the alleged coup attempt of March 5, 1969 led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Atanasio Ndongo Miyone.[7] According to some sources, Ibongo was murdered in prison the next day.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ ""Saturnino Ibongo, la primera víctima del 5 de marzo". Número especial de "La Verdad", órgano de prensa de CPDS, sobre los 50 años de Independencia de Guinea Ecuatorial. CPDS" (in Spanish). ASODEGUE. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 (in Spanish) Breve biografía de Saturnino Ibongo Iyanga Archived 2016-02-21 at the Wayback Machine, diario ROMBE, 8 de junio de 2013.
  3. ↑ "06/06/1965 El Eco de Canarias : diario de la mañana – Página: 13". jable.ulpgc.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  4. ↑ (in Spanish) Actas de la Conferencia Constitucional (1967–1968) Archived 2018-03-02 at the Wayback Machine, en la página web de la ASODEGUE.
  5. ↑ (in Spanish) Requien por un joven caballero africano, diario ABC, 27 de abril de 1969, página 129, página 130, y página 131.
  6. ↑ (in Spanish) TIME, página 31, 21 de marzo de 1969.
  7. ↑ (in Spanish) Trescientos cuarenta y seis españoles abandonan Guinea en un solo avión, diario ABC, 14 de marzo de 1969, página 35.
  8. ↑ Nze Nfumu, Agustín (2006). Macias, Verdugo O Victima (in Spanish). ISBN 1411683242, 9781411683242. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  9. ↑ (in Spanish) Guinea Ecuatorial: de colonia a sultanato Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Paula García Ascanio, 2010, página 35.
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