Abel Goumba

Abel Goumba
Goumba c. 1960
2nd Vice President of the Central African Republic
In office
12 December 2003 – 15 March 2005
PresidentFrançois Bozizé
Preceded byHenri Maïdou (1980)
Succeeded byPost abolished
Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
In office
15 March 2003 – 11 December 2003
PresidentFrançois Bozizé
Preceded byMartin Ziguélé
Succeeded byCélestin Gaombalet
Acting Prime Minister of Ubangi-Shari
In office
30 March 1959 – 30 April 1959
Preceded byBarthélemy Boganda
Succeeded byDavid Dacko
Personal details
Born
Abel Nguéndé Goumba

(1926-09-18)18 September 1926
Grimari, Ubangi-Uaka, Ubangi-Shari (present-day Ouaka, Central African Republic)
Died11 May 2009(2009-05-11) (aged 82)
Bangui, Central African Republic
Political partyPatriotic Front for Progress (from 1972)[a]
Other political
affiliations
MESAN (until 1960)
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Abel Nguéndé Goumba (French pronunciation: [abɛl gumba]; 18 September 1926 – 11 May 2009) was a Central African politician. During the late 1950s, he headed the government in the period prior to independence from France, and following independence he was an unsuccessful candidate for President of the Central African Republic four times (1981, 1993, 1999, and 2005). Goumba, who was President of the Patriotic Front for Progress (FPP) political party, served under President François Bozizé as Prime Minister from March 2003 to December 2003 and then as Vice President of the Central African Republic from December 2003 to March 2005.[1] Subsequently, he was appointed to the official post of Ombudsman.


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