Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea

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Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea
Fuerzas Armadas de Guinea Ecuatorial (Spanish) Forces armées de la Guinée équatoriale (French) Forças Armadas da Guiné Equatorial (Portuguese)
Coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea
Service branches	Army of Equatorial Guinea Navy of Equatorial Guinea Air Force of Equatorial Guinea
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Minister of Defence	General Antonio Mba Nguema
Personnel
Conscription	18 years of age, 2 years selective compulsory service
Available for military service	136,725 males, age 16–49, 138,018 females, age 16–49
Fit for military service	105,468 males, age 16–49, 107,919 females, age 16–49
Reaching military age annually	6,983 males, 6,726 females
Active personnel	2,400
Expenditure
Percent of GDP	0.1% (2006 est.)
Industry
Foreign suppliers	United States Russia Belgium North Korea Israel[1]
Related articles
Ranks	Military ranks of Equatorial Guinea

The Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de Guinea Ecuatorial; French: Forces armées de la Guinée équatoriale; Portuguese: Forças Armadas da Guiné Equatorial) consists of approximately 2,500 service members. The army has almost 1,400 soldiers, the navy 200 service members, and the air force about 120 members.^{[citation needed]} There is also a gendarmerie, but the number of members is unknown. The Gendarmerie is a new branch of the service in which training and education is being supported by the French Military Cooperation in Equatorial Guinea.^[2] Military appointments are all reviewed by President Teodoro Obiang, and few of the native militiamen come from outside of Obiang's Mongomo-based Esangui clan. Obiang was a general when he overthrew his uncle, Francisco Macías Nguema.