The history of the Central African Republic is roughly composed of four distinct periods. The earliest period of settlement began around 10,000 years ago when nomadic people first began to settle,farm and fish in the region. The next period began around 10,000 years prior.
François BozizéYangouvonda is a Central African politician who was President of the Central African Republic from 2003 to 2013. He was the only Central African president born in modern-day Gabon.
Abel NguéndéGoumba was a Central African politician. During the late 1950s,he headed the government in the period prior to independence from France,and following independence he was an unsuccessful candidate for President of the Central African Republic four times. Goumba,who was President of the Patriotic Front for Progress (FPP) political party,served under President François Bozizéas Prime Minister from March 2003 to December 2003 and then as Vice President of the Central African Republic from December 2003 to March 2005. Subsequently,he was appointed to the official post of Ombudsman.
Martin Ziguélé is a Central African politician who was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 2001 to 2003. He placed second in the 2005 presidential election and is currently the President of the Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People (MLPC).
Faustin-Archange Touadéra is a Central African politician and academic who has been President of the Central African Republic since March 2016. He previously was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from January 2008 to January 2013. In the December 2015 –February 2016 presidential election,he was elected to the presidency in a second round of voting against former prime minister Anicet Georges Dologuélé. He was re-elected for a second term on 27 December 2020.
Michel Am-Nondokro Djotodia is a Central African politician who was President of the Central African Republic from 2013 to 2014. He was the first Muslim to hold that office in the predominantly Christian country. Djotodia was a leader of the almost entirely Muslim Séléka rebel coalition in the December 2012 rebellion against President François Bozizé. Following a peace agreement,Djotodia was appointed to the government as First Deputy Prime Minister for National Defense in February 2013. When the peace agreement unravelled,Séléka captured Bangui and Djotodia took power on 24 March 2013. He promised to lead a transition to new elections in which he would not be a candidate,but his time in office was marked by escalating sectarian violence,and he was ultimately pressured into resigning by regional leaders on 10 January 2014.
The Central African Republic Civil War is an ongoing civil war in the Central African Republic (CAR) involving the government,rebels from the Séléka coalition,and Anti-balaka militias.
General elections were held in the Central African Republic on 30 December 2015 to elect the president and National Assembly. As no presidential candidate received more than 50% of the vote,and following the annulling of the results of the National Assembly elections by the Transitional Constitutional Court,a second round of the presidential elections and a re-run of the parliamentary elections were held on 14 February 2016,with second round run-offs for the parliamentary elections on 31 March.
Nicolas Tiangaye is a Central African politician and lawyer who was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 17 January 2013 until his resignation on 10 January 2014. He was President of the National Transitional Council from 2003 to 2005.
An internal conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) started essentially on 13 April 2013,when the government of President Michel Djotodia officially took over. The fighting was between the government of the Central African Republic's former Séléka coalition of rebel groups,who are mainly from the Muslim minority,and the mainly Christian anti-balaka coalition. The conflict was part of the ongoing Central African Republic Civil War (2012–present). International organisations,such as the United Nations,had warned of a possible genocide. UNSC resolution 2122 authorised the African-led International Support Mission to the Central African Republic (MISCA) to be deployed to the country,and France to lead operations with additional troops sent to bolster its force in the country. Following a summit of Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC),including the attendance of all the country's MPs,Djotodia resigned from the presidency on 10 January 2014. The National Transitional Council chose Bangui mayor Catherine Samba-Panza as interim president on 20 January 2014. A period of lawlessness prevailed during the early days of her presidency with people moving into religiously cleansed neighbourhoods as the UN warned of a genocide. Anti-Balaka attacks continued against Muslim civilians.
Catherine Samba-Panza is a Central African politician who served as Transitional President of the Central African Republic from 2014 to 2016. She was the first woman to serve as head of state in the Central African Republic. Prior to her tenure as acting president,she was the Mayor of Bangui from 2013 to 2014.
Joseph Kalite was a Central African politician and doctor. As a government minister he either held the housing or health portfolio. Kalite,a Muslim,was reported to be killed by anti-balaka outside the Central Mosque in the capital Bangui during the Central African Republic conflict. He was killed with machetes on the day in Bangui after interim president Catherine Samba-Panza took power. At the time of the attack Kalite held no government position,nor did he under the Séléka rule. He was reported to have supported the rule of Séléka leader Michel Djotodia.
Mahamat Kamoun is a Central African politician and financier who served as Acting Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 10 August 2014 to 2 April 2016. He was the country's first Muslim Prime Minister.
Operation Sangaris was a French military intervention in the Central African Republic,from late 2013 till 2016. It was the seventh French military intervention there since the country gained independence from France in 1960. On 30 October 2016,France announced it was officially ending Operation Sangaris.
Emilie Béatrice Epaye is a Central African politician and educator. She has been a Government Minister and served in the National Assembly. Epaye advocates for better governance,economic development,and civil society freedoms,defends respect for human rights,and promotes national reconciliation. In 2015,she won the U.S. State Department's International Women of Courage Award.
Noureddine Adam is the leader of the Central African rebel group,the Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central African Republic (FPRC) in the Central African Republic Civil War. He was sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council in May 2014. He was indicted by the International Criminal Court in July 2022 as a suspect of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Joseph Bendounga,nicknamed Joe Ben,was a Central African politician. He was known for his vocal opposition to every administration of the country since Ange-Félix Patassé,which led to him having been arrested several times.
Léa Mboua Koyassoum Doumta is a Central African politician and teacher.
