Víctor Suances y Díaz del Río | |
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Commissioner-General of Spanish Guinea | |
In office 12 August 1966 – 12 October 1968 | |
Prime Minister | Bonifacio Ondó Edú |
Preceded by | Pedro Latorre Alcubierre |
Succeeded by | Position abolished ( Francisco Macías Nguema as president) |
Governor of Spanish Guinea | |
In office 16 September 1940 – 17 May 1941 Acting Governor | |
Preceded by | Fernando González Lavín |
Succeeded by | Pedro Cano Manuel Aubarede |
In office 30 August 1939 – 15 December 1939 Acting Governor | |
Preceded by | Natividad Calzada y Castañeda |
Succeeded by | Fernando González Lavín |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Spanish |
Occupation | Military 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]