Henri Pouzère

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Henri Pouzère (born 1943) is a Central African politician and lawyer. He was appointed to the government of the Central African Republic as Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in 2013.

Political career[]

Pouzère ran in both the September 1999 and March 2005 presidential elections as an independent candidate,[1] receiving 4.19% of the vote in 1999[2] and 2.10% in 2005.[3] In the concurrent 2005 parliamentary election, he also ran for a seat in the National Assembly from Ippy,[4] but was defeated by .[5]

As of 2007, Pouzère was coordinator of the (UFVN) opposition coalition.[6][7]

Following a rebellion in December 2012, a national unity government was appointed on 3 February 2013, composed of supporters of President François Bozizé, the opposition, and rebels. Pouzère was appointed to the government as Minister of Posts, Telecommunications, and New Technologies.[8] After Bozizé was ousted by the rebels in March 2013, Pouzère was retained as Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in the next government, appointed on 31 March 2013.[9][10]

References[]

  1. ^ Elections in the Central African Republic, African Elections Database.
  2. ^ "Rapport de la Mission d'Observation des Élections Présidentielles du 19 septembre 1999" Archived 2008-06-27 at the Wayback Machine, democratie.francophonie.org (in French).
  3. ^ "Rapport de la Mission d'Observation des Élections Présidentielle et Législatives des 13 mars et 8 mai 2005 en République Centrafricaine" Archived 2007-06-22 at the Wayback Machine, democratie.francophonie.org (in French).
  4. ^ Results of 2005 parliamentary first round and list of candidates qualifying for the second round Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, fodem.org (in French).
  5. ^ Results of 2005 parliamentary second round Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, batir-rca.org (in French).
  6. ^ "L'Union des Forces Vives de la Nation récuse le choix du pasteur Isaac Zokoé" Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, Agence Centrafrique Presse, February 3, 2007 (in French).
  7. ^ "Centrafrique/Politique : Ouverture du 3ème congrès ordinaire du Mlpc", Agence Centrafrique Presse, June 21, 2007 (in French).
  8. ^ "Centrafrique : Le gouvernement d'union nationale est formé" Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, Xinhua, 4 February 2013 (in French).
  9. ^ "Centrafrique : Nicolas Tiangaye présente son gouvernement d'union nationale", Jeune Afrique, 1 April 2013 (in French).
  10. ^ "La Centrafrique pilotée par un gouvernement d'union nationale", Agence Ecofin, 1 April 2013 (in French).
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