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    André-Dieudonné Kolingba (12 August 1936 – 7 February 2010) was a Central African politician, who was the fourth President of the Central African Republic...
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    After his second removal from power in a coup d'état led by General André Kolingba, he pursued an active career as an opposition politician and presidential...
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    1982. He participated in a failed 1982 coup attempt against President André Kolingba and subsequently fled the country. Years later, he served as Army Chief...
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    UN finally led André Kolingba to agree, in principle, to hold free elections in October 1992. Alleging irregularities, André Kolingba opted to suspend...
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    (1993) in that it was brought about by donor pressure on President André Kolingba and assisted by the United Nations Electoral Assistance Unit. He was...
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    1981), André Kolingba, Ange-Félix Patassé, and François Bozizé were elected into office at some point during their tenure. To date, Kolingba is the only...
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    election, including one former president and three former prime ministers. André Kolingba, who ruled the Central African Republic from 1981 until his defeat in...
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  • the political vehicle for President André Kolingba. It was the only legal party in the country until 1992. Kolingba was the party's presidential candidate...
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    On 1 September 1981, General André Kolingba deposed President David Dacko of the Central African Republic in a bloodless coup while Dacko was away from...
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    in turn, was again overthrown in a coup by General André Kolingba on 1 September 1981. Kolingba suspended the constitution and ruled with a military...
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    Dacko remained president until he was overthrown on 1 September 1981 by André Kolingba. Bokassa, who was visiting Libya on a state visit at the time, fled...
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    African Republic 1981 Central African Republic coup d'état David Dacko André Kolingba Coup successful 31 December 1981  Ghana 1981 Ghanaian coup d'état Hilla...
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  • overthrown once again in 1981 by his new army chief of staff, General André Kolingba. In 1993, Ange-Félix Patassé became the Central African Republic's first...
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    Free André Kolingba 1983 7 5 Not Free André Kolingba 1984 7 6 Not Free André Kolingba 1985 7 6 Not Free André Kolingba 1986 7 6 Not Free André Kolingba 1987...
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    was instead sentenced to life imprisonment. His successor was General André Kolingba, army chief of staff of Dacko's army, who took over control from the...
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  • to 53, and Catherine Samba-Panza was elected. Kolingba was born in Bangui, and his father André Kolingba was a previous president of the country. Anselme...
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  • Buyoya in Burundi while he was out of the country on April 18,: 218  and André Kolingba, a former president of the Central African Republic, led a military...
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    Incumbent president André Kolingba was eliminated in the first round, winning only 12% of the vote. When it became apparent that Kolingba was headed for defeat...
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    multi-party democracy was restored in 1991, and saw incumbent President André Kolingba come last. However, the results of both elections were annulled by the...
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    remained president until he was overthrown on 1 September 1981, by General André Kolingba. Bokassa died on 3 November 1996, in the Central African Republic. In...
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    continued in the capital over the following days. The coup was sponsored by André Kolingba and had the effect of dividing the country's armed forces into two opposing...
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  • Central African Republic from 1981 to 1993 during the presidency of Andre Kolingba. Born in Dolisie on 13 November 1947 with the name Mireille Kotalimbora...
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  • a year later. As one of his last acts in office in 1993, President André Kolingba granted a general amnesty for all prisoners, including Bokassa, who...
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    hymnal were highly influential and still used today. In 1984, President André Kolingba signed "Décret No 84.025", establishing an official orthography for...
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  • 1981: André Kolingba overthrew David Dacko. 1982: Ange-Félix Patassé, François Bozizé, and Alphonse Mbaïkoua, attempted to overthrow André Kolingba. 1996:...
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    Central African Republic and staged an unsuccessful coup against General André Kolingba (who himself took power in the 1981 coup d'état) with the help of a...
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    Bangui, before being dismissed from that post by President André Kolingba in 1981. Kolingba moved Gaombalet to a position at the Development Bank of Central...
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  • representative of FACA to the International Military Sports Council. During the Kolingba administration, Gambor served as deputy minister of youth and sports on...
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    the Government. He was briefly Minister of Rural Development under André Kolingba. A technocrat, Nzapayeké rose to secretary-general of the African Development...
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    of the University of Bangui from 1983 to 1984. After he resigned as Andre Kolingba's spokesperson, he served as the University of Bangui's Vice Rector from...
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