Cándido Muatetema Rivas (20 February 1960 – 16 June 2014) was a political figure in Equatorial Guinea who was Prime Minister from 2001 to 2004.
Muatetema was born in Batete, a village in southern Fernando Po (today Bioko) near Luba.
He was also a member of CEMAC's Inter-Parliamentary Commission and Vice-President of its Economic Affairs Sub-Commission from April 2000 to February 2001.
[3] Muatetema was appointed prime minister by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema on 26 February 2001, succeeding Ángel Serafín Seriche Dougan.
[1][4] His government was sworn in on 27 February and President Obiang emphasized on this occasion that it needed to show unity and "cohesion".