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  Ange-Félix Patassé - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ange-Félix Patassé (born January 25, 1937) was President of the Central African Republic from 1993 until 2003, when he was deposed by the rebel leader François Bozizé.
Patassé left the country for a conference in Niger in 2003, and in his absence Bozizé seized Bangui on March 15.
Although nominated as his party's presidential candidate in November 2004, on December 30 Patassé was barred from running in the election due to what the constitutional court considered problems with his birth certificate and land title.
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 Encyclopedia: Central African Republic/History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Multi-party presidential elections were conducted in 1992 but were later cancelled due to serious logistical and other irregularities.
Ange-Félix Patassé won a second-round victory in rescheduled elections held in October 1993, and was re-elected for another 6-year term in September 1999.
Salary arrears, labor unrest, and unequal treatment of military officers from different ethnic groups led to three mutinies against the Patassé government in 1996 and 1997.
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 Central African Republic. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
After army mutinies in Apr. and May, 1996, Patassé formed a new government that included Kolingba supporters, but the country’s main opposition groups refused to join the coalition.
Patassé announced a new national unity government, naming Michel Gbezera-Bria, an independent, as prime minister.
In Mar., 2003, while Patassé was abroad; supporters of former general François Bozizé, who had twice before attempted to oust the president, seized power, and Bozizé was named president.
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 Travel in Bangui Central African Republic History
One of the High officials was the current President Patasse.
Because of his bad politics and waste of money, the economic situations and the finance of the country kept worsening, and in July 1978, Prime Minister Patasse resigned.
Then, after ups and downs, Patasse was elected President in the election of September 27th, 1993.
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 Central African Republic
In elections held in Aug. 1993, Prime Minister Ange-Félix Patassé defeated Kolingba.
Patassé was unable to pay the salaries due to government workers, and the military revolted in 1996.
Patassé survived a coup attempt in May 2001, but two years later, in March 2003, he was overthrown by Gen. François Bozizé.
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 French Colonies - Central African Republic
Annual precipitation averages 137 cm (54 in) and temperatures range from about 25° C (76° F) during the rainy season to 30° C (85° F) during the dry season.
In 1997, Patassé named a new national unity government, but continued unrest led the United Nations to approve the sending of a peace-keeping mission composed of African soldiers to replace the French forces when they departed in April 1998.
Popular discontent with Patassé mounted as the economy worsened, and amid widespread strikes and demonstrations in early 2001, the opposition continued to call for his resignation.
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 United Nations Daily Highlights, 99-02-02
In his latest report to the Security Council on the mission, the Secretary- General says that MINURCA "has been and remains a source of much needed stability" in that country and the subregion as a whole.
Welcoming a letter addressed to him by President Ange F‚lix Patass‚ outlining the Government's commitments to carry out a number of reforms, the Secretary-General says they represent an indispensable condition for further progress.
Ambassador Michel Duval of Canada, which holds the presidency of the Council for the month of February, said that Council members welcomed the commitment made by President Patass‚ in his letter to the Secretary- General.
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 Central African Republic
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Bozizé subsequently established the broad-based National Transitional Council to draft a new constitution, and announced that he would step down in Jan., 2005
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 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Monetary unit: CFA franc, with (Oct. 7, 1994) a par value of CFAF 100 to the French franc and a free rate of CFAF 526.67 to U.S. $1 (CFAF 837.67 = £ 1 sterling).
President in 1994, Ange-Félix Patassé; prime minister, Jean-Luc Mandaba.
Ange-Félix Patassé spent much of 1994 trying to reestablish the Central African Republic's…
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 United Nations Daily Highlights, 97-08-26
Addressing reporters following the Council's consultations on the matter, he said States should consider providing, "logistical and financial support to the African countries who make up the force in the Central African Republic."
According to a report of the Mission's Chairman which was before the Council, the Central African Republic began a "resolute march towards peace" following meetings between President Ange-F‚lix Patass‚ and the opposition earlier this month.
The report says troops from the Inter-African Mission have helped create a climate of security by containing organized crime, hold-ups and other armed robberies which had sown terror in the city of Bangui.
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