Equatorial Guinea
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Gaudencio
Mohaba Mesu
(Male)
Secretary general
Secretary General
Bienvenido
Ekua Esono
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Re-appointed on 17 Sep. 2013.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
79
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Elections > Election results
Results
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
6
Women Indirectly Elected
0
Women Appointed
0
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1968
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1968
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
Prior to independence, under Spanish administration, the Basic Law, adopted on 15 December 1963 introduced the right to vote for women as well as limited autonomy and self-government. This right was confirmed at independence.
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1963
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1968
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
2013