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This article lists the
heads of state of the Central African Republic
.
Name
(Birth?Death)
|
Portrait
|
Elected
|
Term of office
|
Political affiliations
|
Notes
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
Time in office
|
Central African Republic
|
French
: Republique centrafricaine
Sango
: Kodorosese ti Beafrika
|
David Dacko
(1930?2003)
President of the Provisional Government
|
|
?
|
14 August 1960
[2]
|
12 December 1960
[A]
|
5 years, 140 days
|
|
MESAN
|
Dacko served as president of the government from 1 May 1959
[3]
until the country declared its independence on 13 August 1960.
[4]
|
David Dacko
(1930?2003)
President
|
1964
|
12 December 1960
|
1 January 1966
[5]
|
Jean-Bedel Bokassa
(1921?1996)
President
|
|
?
|
1 January 1966
[B]
|
4 December 1976
|
10 years, 338 days
|
|
Military
|
Bokassa seized power from Dacko in a
successful coup d'etat
. He changed his name to Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa after converting to
Islam
on 20 October 1976.
[6]
|
|
MESAN
[C]
|
Central African Empire
|
French
: Empire centrafricain
|
Bokassa I
(1921?1996)
Emperor
|
|
?
|
4 December 1976
[D]
|
21 September 1979
[7]
|
2 years, 291 days
|
|
MESAN
|
Bokassa spent approximately US$20 million?one third of the country's annual budget?on his
coronation
ceremony on 4 December 1977.
[8]
|
Central African Republic
|
French
: Republique centrafricaine
Sango
: Kodorosese ti Beafrika
|
David Dacko
(1930?2003)
President
|
|
1981
|
21 September 1979
[E]
|
1 September 1981
[9]
|
1 year, 345 days
|
|
MESAN
|
This was Dacko's second time as president of the Central African Republic. In February 1980, Dacko established the
Central African Democratic Union
(UDC) as the
country's only political party
.
[10]
|
|
UDC
|
Andre Kolingba
(1936?2010)
Chairman of the Military Committee of National Recovery
|
|
?
|
1 September 1981
[F]
|
21 September 1985
[G]
|
12 years, 51 days
|
|
Military
|
Kolingba seized power from Dacko in a
successful coup d'etat
.
Ange-Felix Patasse
, with the assistance of
Francois Bozize
, launched an
unsuccessful coup d'etat
against the Kolingba government on 3 March 1982.
[11]
|
Andre Kolingba
(1936?2010)
President and Head of State
|
21 September 1985
|
21 November 1986
|
Kolingba established the
Central African Democratic Rally
(RDC) as the country's only party in May 1986.
[12]
|
|
RDC
|
Andre Kolingba
(1936?2010)
President
|
1986
[H]
|
21 November 1986
|
22 October 1993
|
Ange-Felix Patasse
(1937?2011)
President
|
|
1993
[I]
1999
|
22 October 1993
[13]
|
15 March 2003
|
9 years, 144 days
|
|
MLPC
|
Bozize launched an
unsuccessful coup d'etat
against the Patasse government on 28 May 2001.
[14]
|
Francois Bozize
(born 1946)
President
|
|
2005
2011
|
15 March 2003
[J]
[15]
|
24 March 2013
|
10 years, 9 days
|
|
Military
|
Bozize seized power from Patasse in a
successful coup d'etat
. Shortly after, he appointed
Abel Goumba
as
Prime Minister
. Goumba had served as acting Prime Minister in 1959, before being overthrown by Dacko.
[16]
|
|
Independent
|
Michel Djotodia
(born 1949)
President
|
|
?
|
24 March 2013
[K]
|
18 August 2013
|
292 days
|
|
Military
|
Djotodia was the leader of the
Seleka
rebel coalition in the
ongoing civil war
.
|
Michel Djotodia
(born 1949)
Head of State of the Transition
|
18 August 2013
|
10 January 2014
[L]
|
Alexandre-Ferdinand Nguendet
(born 1972)
Acting Head of State of the Transition
|
|
?
|
10 January 2014
|
23 January 2014
|
13 days
|
|
RPR
|
Nguendet succeeded Djotodia after his resignation due to the
continued conflict
.
|
Catherine Samba-Panza
(born 1954)
Head of State of the Transition
|
|
?
|
23 January 2014
|
30 March 2016
|
2 years, 67 days
|
|
Independent
|
Samba-Panza became the first female head of state of the Central African Republic.
|
Faustin-Archange Touadera
(born 1957)
President
|
|
2015?16
2020?21
|
30 March 2016
|
Incumbent
|
8 years, 51 days
|
|
Independent
|
Previously, Touadera served as
Prime Minister
under Bozize from 2008 until 2013.
|
|
MCU
|
- ↑
"Salaire des chefs d'Etat africains : Macky Sall parmi les Presidents les plus mal payes..."
Dakarbuzz
. 8 August 2017. Archived from
the original
on 2018-06-19.
- ↑
Kalck 2005
, p. xxxii
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- ↑
Kalck 2005
, p. 198
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- ↑
Kalck 2005
, p. xxxi
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- ↑
Titley 1997
, p. 28
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- ↑
Kalck 2005
, p. xxxiv
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- ↑
Kalck 2005
, p. 199
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- ↑
Carlson, Peter (19 May 2007),
"His Diplomatic Coup: Getting Them on the Record"
,
The Washington Post
, retrieved
8 June
2008
- ↑
Kalck 2005
, p. xxxix
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- ↑
Kalck 2005
, p. 54
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- ↑
Kalck 2005
, p. 155
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- ↑
Kalck 2005
, p. 113
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- ↑
The World Factbook 2002
,
Directorate of Intelligence
, 2002,
ISBN
0-16-067601-0
, archived from
the original
on 18 June 2008
- ↑
"Situation "confused" after apparent coup attempt"
,
IRIN
, 28 May 2001
, retrieved
8 June
2008
- ↑
Kalck 2005
, p. lxxiii
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- ↑
"Bozize appoints prime minister"
,
IRIN
, 24 March 2003
, retrieved
8 June
2008