Patrice Edouard Ngaissona
Patrice Edouard Ngaissona | |
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| Minister of sports | |
| In office 2003–2013 | |
| Leader of Anti-balaka | |
| In office December 2013 – December 12, 2018 | |
| Succeeded by | Dieudonné Ndomaté |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 June 1967 Begoua, Bangui |
| Nationality | Central African Republic |
Patrice Edouard Ngaissona is former minister of sports in the Central African Republic, president of the Central African Football Federation and leader of Anti-balaka, arrested in 2018 for his war crimes.
Life[]
Ngaissona was born in 1967 in Begoua.[1] He was minister of sport under Bozize regime and president of the Central African Football Federation since 2008. In December 2013 he became leader of one of factions of Anti-balaka. In February 2018 he was elected by Executive Committee of the African Football Confederation to represent the Central African Republic. On 12 December 2018 Ngaissona was arrested in Paris by French authorities for his involvement in war crimes pursuant to an International Criminal Court arrest warrant.[2] On 28 November 2019 he was banned by FIFA from taking part in any football-related activity for six years and eight months. He was also fined 500,000 CHF.[3] His trial started in February 2021.[4]
In August 2021, at The Hague, the hearings in the Central African case of Alfred Yekatom Rhombot / Patrice Edouard Ngaïssona resumed on Monday, August 30 after being adjourned in June. A 16th witness, placed on condition of anonymity, was questioned about the attacks in the Bossangoa region during 2013.
References[]
- ^ Public Redacted Version of “Warrant of Arrest for Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona”
- ^ War Crimes Suspect Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona Turned Over to the ICC: A Glimmer of Hope for Victims in CAR, 13 December 2018
- ^ The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee sanctions Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona, 28 November 2019
- ^ Former soccer executive on trial at ICC for Central African Republic violence, 15 February 2021
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