Ignacio Milam Tang
{{Short description|Equatoguinean politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Milam|Tang|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Ignacio Milam Tang
|office =First Vice President of Equatorial Guinea
|image = Ignacio Milam Tang (cropped).jpg
|caption = Tang in 2013
|term_start = 21 May 2012
|term_end = 22 June 2016
|president = Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
|primeminister = Vicente Ehate Tomi
|predecessor = Office established
|successor = Teodorin Obiang
|office2 = Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
|president2 = Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
|term_start2 = 8 July 2008
|term_end2 = 21 May 2012
|predecessor2 = Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea
|successor2 = Vicente Ehate Tomi
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|6|20|df=y}}
|birth_place =
|death_date =
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|party = PDGE
}}
Ignacio Milam Tang (born 20 June 1940[http://www.bisila.com/milam_tang.htm CV at bisilia.com] {{in lang|es}}.) is an Equatoguinean politician who was Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea from July 2008 to May 2012. He is a member of the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE).[http://www.jeuneafrique.com/fluxafp/fil_info.asp?reg_id=0&art_cle=47428 "Guinée Equatoriale: Ignacio Milam Tang, nouveau Premier ministre"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522003551/http://www.jeuneafrique.com/fluxafp/fil_info.asp?reg_id=0&art_cle=47428 |date=2011-05-22 }}, AFP, July 8, 2008 {{in lang|fr}}. From May 2012 to June 2016, he was First Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, serving alongside President Obiang's son, Teodorín.
Political career
Tang is a member of the Fang ethnic group. He was Minister of Justice and Worship from 1996 to 1998, then Minister of Youth and Sports from 1998 to 1999. In 1999, he was elected as the Second Vice-President of the Chamber of People's Representatives,[http://www.afrol.com/Headlines/2001_02/26_eqg.htm "New Prime Minister appointed in Equatorial Guinea"], afrol News, February 26, 2001. and he remained in that post until being appointed deputy prime minister for the Civil Service and Administrative Coordination in the government of Prime Minister Cándido Muatetema Rivas on February 26, 2001. After two years as deputy prime minister, he was instead appointed Minister of State and Secretary-General of the Presidency on February 11, 2003.[http://www.afrique-express.com/archive/CENTRALE/guineeequato/guineequaegvt/264gvt11022003.htm "Le gouvernement de Guinée Equatoriale formé le 11 février 2003"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325231345/http://www.afrique-express.com/archive/CENTRALE/guineeequato/guineequaegvt/264gvt11022003.htm |date=2008-03-25 }}, Afrique Express, N° 264, February 17, 2003 {{in lang|fr}}. It was announced on January 10, 2006, that he had been appointed Equatorial Guinea's Ambassador to Spain;[http://www.french.xinhuanet.com/french/2006-01/11/content_204355.htm "Nouveaux ambassadeurs équato-guinéens à Madrid et à Paris"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718102145/http://www.french.xinhuanet.com/french/2006-01/11/content_204355.htm |date=2011-07-18 }}, Xinhua, January 11, 2006 {{in lang|fr}}. he served in that position until July 2008.
=Prime minister=
Tang was appointed prime minister by President Teodoro Obiang on July 8, 2008, replacing Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea. Obiang appointed the new government headed by Tang on July 14. About half of the members of the previous government were retained in Tang's government,Bernardino Ndze Biyoa, [http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN553351.html "New energy minister in revamped Equatorial Guinea cabinet"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006081644/http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN553351.html |date=2008-10-06 }}, Reuters, July 15, 2008. despite Obiang's scathing criticism of the previous government.[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h3tk1152vvJu02evl0dCsbOrmzNg "Equatorial Guinea govt resigns: report"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520143833/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h3tk1152vvJu02evl0dCsbOrmzNg |date=2011-05-20 }}, AFP, July 5, 2008. Significantly, Tang was the first member of the Fang ethnic group to be appointed prime minister since Obiang became president in 1979.[http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11825171 "Oil change"], The Economist, July 25, 2008. At the time of his appointment, Tang was considered a supporter of close relations with Spain and was not believed to be a powerful figure in the PDGE regime.[http://www.afrol.com/articles/29750 "Equatorial Guinea gets new Prime Minister"], Afrol News, 9 July 2008.
Following Obiang's re-election in the November 2009 presidential election, Tang and his government resigned on 12 January 2010, as they were legally required to do. Obiang reappointed Tang Prime Minister later on the same day.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120511070646/http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE60B0ET20100112 "Tang renamed as Equatorial Guinea PM"], Reuters, 12 January 2010.
=Vice president=
Tang resigned as prime minister on 18 May 2012 and was replaced by Vicente Ehate Tomi on 21 May 2012. He was moved to the newly created post of first vice-president on the same day, while Obiang's son, Teodorin Obiang, was simultaneously appointed second vice-president.[http://www.romandie.com/news/n/_Guinee_equatoriale_nouveau_Premier_ministre_et_nouveau_vice_president67220520120025.asp "Guinée équatoriale: nouveau Premier ministre et nouveau vice-président"], AFP, 22 May 2012 {{in lang|fr}}.
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{{s-ttl|title=Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea|years=2008–2012}}
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{{s-ttl|title=First Vice President of Equatorial Guinea|years=2012-2016}}
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Category:Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea politicians
Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Equatorial Guinea)