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[]
- ^ Max Liniger-Goumaz (1993). Who's who de la dictature de Guinée équatoriale: les Nguemistes, 1979–1993. Editions du Temps. p. 316.
- ^ Political Handbook of the World 1998. Springer. 1998. p. 295. ISBN 9781349149513.
- ^ Agustin Nze Nfumu (January 21, 2013). "ASISTENTES INVESTIDURA SOLEMNE DE S. E. OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, PRESIDENTE DE LA REPUBLICA". guinea-equatorial.net.
- ^ Political Handbook of the World 2008. CQ Press. 2008. p. 407. ISBN 9780872895287.
- ^ "Guinée-Equatoriale : La liste complète du nouveau gouvernement Equato-Guinéen". Infoplus Gabon. September 5, 2013.
- ^ "LA MINISTRA DE JUSTICIA CONFIRMA LA DECISIÓN DEL GOBIERNO DE NO LEGALIZAR MÁS PARTIDOS POLÍTICOS CREADOS EN EL PAÍS". Diario Rombe. October 29, 2014.
- ^ "Governo da Guiné Equatorial vai submeter ao Senado lei para abolir a pena de morte". africa21online. March 3, 2013.
- ^ Arnaldo Vieira (March 19, 2016). "Equatorial Guinea abolishes death penalty". Africa Review.
- ^ "Nombramiento de los nuevos vicepresidentes". Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea. July 6, 2017.
- Living people
- Equatoguinean judges
- Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea politicians
- Women government ministers of Equatorial Guinea