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Víctor Suances y Díaz del Río

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Víctor Suances y Díaz del Río
Commissioner-General of Spanish Guinea
In office
12 August 1966 – 12 October 1968
Prime MinisterBonifacio Ondó Edú
Preceded byPedro Latorre Alcubierre
Succeeded byPosition abolished
(Francisco Macías Nguema as president)
Governor of Spanish Guinea
In office
16 September 1940 – 17 May 1941
Acting Governor
Preceded byFernando González Lavín
Succeeded byPedro Cano Manuel Aubarede
In office
30 August 1939 – 15 December 1939
Acting Governor
Preceded byNatividad Calzada y Castañeda
Succeeded byFernando González Lavín
Personal details
NationalitySpanish
OccupationMilitary officer
Military service
Allegiance Spain

Víctor Suances y Díaz del Río[1] was a Spanish military officer who served as the last colonial administrator of Spanish Guinea from August 1966[2] until the independence of Equatorial Guinea in October 1968.[3] During his tenure as colonial administrator, Spanish Guinea held a constitutional referendum and a general election in the months leading to independence, in which Francisco Macías Nguema was elected as the country's first president.[3]

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  1. ^ United States. Joint Publications Research Service 1967, p. 45.
  2. ^ "BOE-A-1966-12663 Decreto 2124/1966, de 13 de agosto, por el que se nombra a don Víctor Suances Díaz del Río Comisario general de la Guinea Ecuatorial". www.boe.es. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b "18. Spanish Guinea (1950–1968)". uca.edu. University of Central Arkansas. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

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Political offices
Preceded by Commissioner-General of
Spanish Guinea

1966–1968
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of
Spanish Guinea

(acting)

1940–1941
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of
Spanish Guinea

(acting)

1939
Succeeded by