Baltasar Ebang Engonga — the Equatorial Guinean economist and civil servant who served as the Director General of the National Agency for Financial Investigation (ANIF) — was born on this day — March 15, 1970.

He is a graduate of the National University of Equatorial Guinea (UNGE) in Malabo, where he earned a degree in Economics and Finance.

Engonga is a member of a prominent political family in Equatorial Guinea, being the son of Baltasar Engonga Edjoo, the former president of the CEMAC Commission. As the head of ANIF, Engonga was responsible for the nation’s financial intelligence operations, specifically the monitoring and prevention of money laundering and other financial crimes within the country’s economic infrastructure.

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