List of Heads of State of The Central African Republic and Central African Empire - Heads of State

Heads of State

Central African Republic
French: République centrafricaine, Sango: Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka
Head of state Portrait Entered office Left office Political affiliations Notes
David Dacko, President of the Provisional Government 14 August 1960 12 December 1960 MESAN Dacko served as president of the government from 1 May 1959 until the country declared its independence on 13 August 1960.
David Dacko, President 12 December 1960 1 January 1966 MESAN
Jean-Bédel Bokassa, President 1 January 1966 4 December 1976 Military Bokassa changed his name to Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa after converting to Islam on 20 October 1976.
MESAN
Central African Empire
French: Empire centrafricain
Emperor Bokassa I 4 December 1976 21 September 1979 MESAN Bokassa spent approximately US$20 million dollars—one third of the country's annual budget—on his coronation ceremony on 4 December 1977.
Central African Republic
French: République centrafricaine, Sango: Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka
David Dacko, President 21 September 1979 1 September 1981 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.
UDC
André Kolingba, Chairman of the Military Committee of National Recovery 1 September 1981 21 September 1985 Military Ange-Félix Patassé, with the assistance of François Bozizé, launched an unsuccessful coup d'état against the Kolingba government on 3 March 1982.
André Kolingba, President and Head of State 21 September 1985 21 November 1986 Military Kolingba established the Central African Democratic Rally (RDC) as the country's only party in May 1986.
RDC
André Kolingba, President 21 November 1986 22 October 1993 RDC
Ange-Félix Patassé, President 22 October 1993 15 March 2003 MLPC Bozizé unsuccessfully executed a coup d'état against Patassé on 28 May 2001.
François Bozizé, President 15 March 2003 Incumbent Military Bozizé appointed Abel Goumba as Prime Minister shortly after seizing power. Goumba had served as acting Prime Minister in 1959, before being overthrown by Dacko.
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