Karim Meckassoua | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Abdoul Karim Meckassoua in May 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President of the National Assembly of the Central African Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 6 May 2016 –29 October 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Faustin-Archange Touadéra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Simplice Sarandji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Alexandre-Ferdinand Nguendet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Laurent Ngon Baba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Abdoul Karim Meckassoua 31 December 1953 Bangui,Ubangi-Shari (present-day Central African Republic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Independent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abdoul Karim Meckassoua (born 31 December 1953 in the Bangui neighborhood of PK5 [1] ) is a Central African politician who served as the President of the National Assembly of the Central African Republic from 6 May 2016 to 29 October 2018. [2] He is the second Muslim head of government of the largely Roman Catholic majority African country following Michel Am-Nondokro Djotodia.
On 15 August 2021,he fled the country after Constitutional Court impeached him following accusations of participation in 2021 coup attempt. [3]
