Regina Mañe Ela (8 December 1954 – 24 February 2015) was an Equatorial Guinean politician and opposition campaigner.
[2] Ela was secretary of social action for the Rio Miuni Geographic Council and was elected mayor of Bata for the Progress Party on 17 September 1995.
[3] Ela fled the country to seek asylum in Spain in 1997; this was granted and she lived in Valencia for more than 15 years.
[2] Ela's son also applied for asylum in Spain and was initially refused, having to briefly return to Equatorial Guinea.
He appealed to the Supreme Court of Spain and was successful in having the original decision overturned and being accepted as a refugee.