Édouard Frank

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  1. ↑ "Index Fo-Fy".
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bradshaw & Fandos-Rius 2016, p. 276
  3. ↑ "Death of children main issue of trial", Associated Press, 13 December 1986.
  4. 1 2 "Bokassa doomed by Bangui court", Associated Press, The New York Times, 13 June 1987, section 1, page 5.
  5. ↑ Mike Thomson, "'Good old days' under Bokassa?", BBC News, 2 January 2009.
  6. ↑ "Central African Republic breaks diplomatic relations with Sudan", Associated Press, 29 May 1989.
  7. 1 2 "Édouard Franck, ancien président de la Cour constitutionnelle, réside à Vichy pour sa retraite". La Montagne. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "CAR: President Bozizé issues decree dismissing presidential legal adviser", Radio Centrafrique, Bangui, 22 July 2007.
  9. ↑ Bradshaw & Fandos-Rius 2016, p. 277

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Édouard Frank
Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
In office
15 March 1991 –4 December 1992
Preceded by
post abolished
 Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
1991–1992		Succeeded by
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