| Francisco Malabo Beosa | |
| Birth: | 23 June 1896 Equatorial Guinea |
| Death: | 16 November 2001 Equatorial Guinea |
| Age: | 105 years, 143 days |
| Country: |  EQG
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| Centenarian | |
Francisco Malabo Beosá or King Malabo II (23 June 1896 – 16 November 2001) was an African tribal monarch, born on the island of Fernando Po in Spanish Guinea (today Bioko in Equatorial Guinea). He was the son of former Bubi king Malabo Lopelo Melaka (Malabo I) and the last legitimate successor of the Bubi Kingdom. He was the last king of the Bubi people in Equatorial Guinea and a claimant to being the last surviving monarch born in the 1800s.
Biography[]
Francisco Malabo Beosá was born on the Island of Bioko which was then known as Fernando Po in Spanish Guinea on 23 June 1896. King Malabo II was considered the spiritual father of the Bubi people, leading a circle of elder advisers whose animist rites focused on the cult of Morim - the supreme being and creator of the universe in Bubi religion. In 1973, Francisco Macías Nguema, in his policy of Africanizing the names of geographic landmarks in Equatorial Guinea, changed the name of Santa Isabel, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, to Malabo in honor of his father, King Malabo.
King Malabo II died in the village of Moka, his hometown, located in the southern part of Bioko Island on 16 November 2001 at the age of 105 years and 143 days. He left a large family of nine children, 62 grandchildren, 84 great-grandchildren, and 17 great-great-grandchildren. At the time of his death he was the oldest known centenarian from Equatorial Guinea and oldest living monarch in the world.
Honors[]
King Malabo II celebrated his centenary in 1996 and was the oldest world leaders on record. He died on 16 November 2001 at the age of 105 years and 143 days. The government of Equatorial Guinea, represented by the governor of Bioko Sur Province, Deogracias Olom Miguel Abia, paid a nationally televised tribute to the late king during his funeral in Moka.