Saturnino Ibongo Iyanga (January 18, 1936 – March 6, 1969) was an Equatoguinean politician, diplomat, journalist and the first permanent representative of Equatorial Guinea to the United Nations.
Biography Ibongo studied at the Escuela Superior Indígena, in Santa Isabel (present-day Malabo), obtaining his Master's degree. Between 1955 and 1959 he taught at the Generalísimo Franco School and at Ramón y Cajal, in the same city. In 1960 he moved to Spain, working as an official of the Ministry of Finance in the of Navarre. In 1964 he obtained his Bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Navarra, and he worked for Diario Ébano and Agencia EFE. In the (1967–1968) that drafted the 1968 Constitution of Equatorial Guinea, he participated as spokesperson for the National Liberation Movement of Equatorial Guinea (MONALIGE). Actas de la Conferencia Constitucional (1967–1968) , en la página web de la ASODEGUE.
Ibongo was one of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence of Equatorial Guinea, at the United Nations on July 7, 1968. Breve biografía de Saturnino Ibongo Iyanga , diario ROMBE, 8 de junio de 2013. He composed, in collaboration with Atanasio Ndongo Miyone, the national anthem of Equatorial Guinea that has been used since the country's independence. As permanent representative of Equatorial Guinea to the United Nations, he made his first participation there on November 12 of the same year, Requien por un joven caballero africano, diario ABC, 27 de abril de 1969, página 129, página 130, y página 131. a month after the country's independence. TIME, página 31, 21 de marzo de 1969.
He was arrested and murdered under the regime of Francisco Macías Nguema in March 1969, after being accused of participating in the alleged coup attempt of March 5, 1969 led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Atanasio Ndongo Miyone. Trescientos cuarenta y seis españoles abandonan Guinea en un solo avión, diario ABC, 14 de marzo de 1969, página 35. According to some sources, Ibongo was murdered in prison the next day. Guinea Ecuatorial: de colonia a sultanato , Paula García Ascanio, 2010, página 35.
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