Evangelina Oyo Ebule

Evangelina Oyo Ebule is an Equatorial Guinean politician currently serving as the country's Minister of Justice, Worship and Penitentiary Institutions.

Political career

Ebule has a law degree from Madrid. In 1989, she was appointed to the Guinean Supreme Court of Justice.[1]

By 1998, Ebule was the Vice Minister of Justice and Worship in President Teodoro Obiang's government.[2] In January 2003, Ebule was reconfirmed to this role during the investiture of President Obiang following his victory in the 2002 presidential elections.[3] In 2008, she was made the Cabinet Minister for Labour and Social Security.[4] In 2013, she was made the Cabinet Minister for Justice, Worship and Penitentiary Institutions.[5] In this role, she has turned down the demands of opposition groups to legalize the formation of new political parties.[6] As Justice Minister, Ebule was part of the effort to passing legislation to abolish the death penalty in Equatorial Guinea.[7] The death penalty was abolished in 2016.[8]

Ebule is a member of the ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea. In July 2017 at the closing session of the 6th Ordinary National Congress, she was named one of four vice-presidents of the party.[9]

References
  1. Max Liniger-Goumaz (1993). Who's who de la dictature de Guinée équatoriale: les Nguemistes, 1979–1993. Editions du Temps. p. 316.
  2. Political Handbook of the World 1998. Springer. 1998. p. 295.
  3. Agustin Nze Nfumu (January 21, 2013). "ASISTENTES INVESTIDURA SOLEMNE DE S. E. OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, PRESIDENTE DE LA REPUBLICA". guinea-equatorial.net.
  4. Political Handbook of the World 2008. CQ Press. 2008. p. 407.
  5. "Guinée-Equatoriale : La liste complète du nouveau gouvernement Equato-Guinéen". Infoplus Gabon. September 5, 2013.
  6. "LA MINISTRA DE JUSTICIA CONFIRMA LA DECISIÓN DEL GOBIERNO DE NO LEGALIZAR MÁS PARTIDOS POLÍTICOS CREADOS EN EL PAÍS". Diario Rombe. October 29, 2014.
  7. "Governo da Guiné Equatorial vai submeter ao Senado lei para abolir a pena de morte". africa21online. March 3, 2013.
  8. Arnaldo Vieira (March 19, 2016). "Equatorial Guinea abolishes death penalty". Africa Review.
  9. "Nombramiento de los nuevos vicepresidentes". Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea. July 6, 2017.
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