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	David Dacko Information
		David Dacko (March 24, 1930 – November 30, 2003) was the first President of the Central African Republic (CAR), from August 14, 1960 to January 1, 1966, and the third president of the CAR from September 21, 1979 to September 1, 1981.
		Dacko was born in the village of Bouchia, near Mbaiki in the Lobaye region, which was then a part of the French Equatorial African territory of Moyen Congo (Middle Congo).
		Dacko, who belonged to the same Ngbaka ethnic group as Bokassa, was imprisoned, placed under house arrest in Lobaye, but then was released on July 16, 1969 and eventually named personal counselor of President Bokassa on September 17, 1976.
	www.bookrags.com /David_Dacko (1239 words)

	David Dacko - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Dacko, David, (1930-2003), president of the Central African Republic (1960-1966 and 1979-1981).
		David Dacko (March 24, 1930 November 30, 2003) was the first President of the Central African Republic (CAR), from August 14, 1960 to January 1, 1966, and the third president of the CAR from September...
		David Dacko: president of the Central African Republic from 1960 to 1965 and from 1979 to 1981.
	encarta.msn.com /David_Dacko.html (208 words)

	David Dacko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		David Dacko (March 24, 1930 – November 30, 2003) was the first President of the Central African Republic (CAR), from August 14, 1960 to January 1, 1966, and the third president of the CAR from September 21, 1979 to September 1, 1981.
		Dacko was born in the village of Bouchia, near Mbaiki in the Lobaye region, which was then a part of the French Equatorial African territory of Moyen Congo (Middle Congo).
		In March 1957 Dacko presented himself as a candidate for legislative elections in Ubangi-Shari for the circumscription of Ombella-M'Poko and won a seat as a member of the "Territorial Assembly of Ubangi-Shari".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Dacko (1320 words)

	David Dacko - Definition, explanation
		David Dacko (24 March 1930 – 20 November 2003) was the first post-independence President of the Central African Republic.
		Dacko was born in the town of Bouchia in what was then the Federation of French Equatorial Africa.
		One of his first actions under this new mandate was to declare a state of emergency – two opposition parties were dissolved, another was suspended, and some of their leaders were imprisoned – but this did not prevent him from being deposed in a 20 September 1981 coup.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/d/da/david_dacko.php (362 words)

	David Dacko - Multimedia - ninemsn Encarta
		David Dacko became the first president of the Central African Republic when it was granted independence in 1960.
		Six years later, he was overthrown by his cousin, Jean Bédel Bokassa, but Dacko ousted Bokassa in 1979 with French military aid.
		In 1981 Dacko was deposed again by a military-led coup.
	au.encarta.msn.com /media_461528666/David_Dacko.html (50 words)

	David Dacko - Telegraph
		David Dacko, who died on Thursday aged 73, was the first president of the Central African Republic after it achieved independence from France in 1960, and was perhaps fortunate to end his days in a hospital bed.
		The son of a small farmer, David Dacko was born on March 24 1930 at Bouchia, a small town some 70 miles from the capital, Bangui.
		In March 1981, however, Dacko was re-elected as president for six years with 50.23 per cent of the vote; but immediately he had to declare a "state of siege" as supporters of his main opponent, Angel Patasse, went on the rampage in Bangui.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/22/db2203.xml&sSheet=/portal/2003/11/22/ixportal.html (729 words)

	Blog of Death: David Dacko
		David Dacko, the first president of the Central African Republic, died on Nov. 20.
		Dacko led the country for six years before he was overthrown and jailed by his cousin, Jean-Bedel Bokassa, who proclaimed himself life president and emperor.
		Bokassa was deposed by French troops in 1979 and Dacko was reinstated as president.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000525.html (210 words)

	Biografia de David Dacko
		Tras la misma se convocaron elecciones presidenciales (15 mar. 1981) que Dacko ganó con una frágil mayoría (50,23%) frente a sus rivales, por escaso margen evitó una segunda vuelta en las elecciones presidenciales lo que desató de nuevo las protestas contra su régimen.
		Dacko quedó apartado del escenario político por segunda vez, pero volvió a la arena política cuando la dictadura del presidente Kolingba empezó a zozobrar y éste tuvo que permitir una transición hacia la democrácia.
		Dacko participó en las elecciones de 1993 que pusieron punto y final al regimen de Kolingba, pero no consiguió pasar a la segunda vuelta de las presidenciales, obteniendo un tercer puesto en la primera vuelta, con el 20,10% del voto.
	www.biografiasyvidas.com /biografia/d/dacko.htm (554 words)

	David Dacko - Encyclopedia.com
		David Dacko, 1930-2003, president of the Central African Republic (1960-66, 1979-81).
		Secretary-Meneral mourns death of David Dacko, first President of Central African Republic.
		David Dacko, Central African Republic's independence leader, dead at 76, state radio announces
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Dacko-Da.html (803 words)

	Jean-Bedel Bokassa - dKosopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		David Dacko and nephew of Dacko's beloved predecessor Barthélémy Boganda.
		Dacko conducted while Bokassa was absent in Libya on September 20, 1979.
		Dacko remained president until he was in turn overthrown on September 20, 1981 by André Kolingba.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Jean-Bedel_Bokassa (684 words)

	David Dacko - Telegraph
		Dacko became president when only 30, taking office when his patron, President Boganda, was killed in an air crash.
		Dacko - who had once remarked that Bokassa was "too stupid to stage a coup" - was placed under house arrest, where he remained for several years.
		Dacko announced that he would seek Bokassa's extradition to face trial by a people's court, accusing the former emperor of participating personally in a massacre of 150 schoolchildren.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&targetRule=10&xml=/news/2003/11/22/db2203.xml (729 words)

	DAVID DACKO: OU ES – TU ?
		David Dacko était aussi un homme totalement dépourvu d'ingratitude, toujours reconnaissant envers les autres.
		A partir de 1979, Monsieur David Dacko était déterminé à mettre en œuvre une politique devant faire de la RCA un pays où il fait bon vivre.
		C'est en recourant à ce conseil sage que M. David Dacko refusait de jeter la population banguissoise, pourtant déterminée, dans la rue, en 1993, pour revendiquer les Pouvoirs de l'Etat, alors même qu'il était élu au 1er tour des élections présidentielles.
	www.leconfident.net /DAVID-DACKO-OU-ES-TU-_a1610.html (2343 words)

	Seghea.com Regime change . . . a la carte
		Late afternoon Sept. 19, 1979, they put David Dacko, an exiled political leader from the Central African Empire, in a limousine aboard a Transall transport plane with a dozen paracommandos.
		"David Dacko was driven to the Bangui TV station to broadcast a proclamation that had been written for him by Marenches.
		By dawn, David Dacko's appeal to France had been answered and Operation Barracuda was under way.
	www.seghea.com /emails/carte.html (961 words)

	Francis Laloupo*
		However, as one saw elsewhere on the continent, the institution of a single party governmental system, because of the character generally liberticidal and bearer of all the authoritarian drift, could not dike rivalries, ambitions and political misunderstandings in a nation in evolution.
		David Dacko will be left in power two years, strictly “controlled” by an agent of the French secret services sent in Bangui and which, in reality, was the leader of the Central African executive.
		David Dacko sees himself forced to confide the keys of the Palace to a military Committee of national recovery (CMRN), steered by general André Kolingba.
	www.african-geopolitics.org /show.aspx?ArticleId=3638 (3943 words)

	Central African Republic: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Dacko lost the support he had inherited from Boganda, and his government became increasingly corrupt, while the country plunged into deep economic crisis.
		In December 1965, Dacko was ousted in a coup led by his cousin, Colonel Jean Bedel Bokassa who was pro-France, having served in the French Army for 22 years.
		Dacko dissolved the Empire and reinstated a republic, granting France a 10-year lease on the enormous Bouar air base.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=231 (1927 words)

	David Dacko (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		During the years leading up to independence from France on 13 August 1960, he worked in close collaboration with his uncle Barthélémy Boganda, the country's founding father who served as the head of government in the transition period.
		He was removed from power in a coup d'état led by Jean-Bédel Bokassa, a cousin of his and chief of staff of the armed forces, on 1 January 1966.
		He died at the age of 73 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, where he had gone for medical treatment.
	www.gogoglo.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/d/da/david_dacko.html (324 words)

	CNN.com - Central African Republic's independence leader dies - Nov. 21, 2003
		Independence leader David Dacko, who ushered into being a nation that became one of Africa's most troubled and coup-prone, has died, state radio said on Friday.
		Dacko died in neighboring Cameroon on Thursday, state radio reported, without stating the exact cause of death.
		Dacko led Central African Republic from its 1960 independence from France until 1966, when he was overthrown and jailed by Jean-Bedel Bokassa.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/africa/11/21/central.african.republic.ap (304 words)

	Encyclopedia of African History
		David Dacko, a relative of Boganda, had succeeded to the leadership of MESAN, and took office as President of the CAR with French support.
		The Dacko administration rewarded its supporters with patronage, including civil service posts, while opportunities were taken to lease out for personal profit housing built with public funds.
		This gave France the opportunity for military intervention in September 1979, and the installation of Dacko, as president of the restored republic.
	www.routledge-ny.com /ref/africanhist/central.html (912 words)

	Bokassa - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		On September 20 the self-styled emperor of what he had proclaimed to be the Central African Empire was ousted by a cousin and former president, David Dacko, in a bloodless coup, executed with French aid.
		Emperor Bokassa I, who himself had overthrown Dacko in 1965, was away in Libya at the time,...
		Following a tumultuous seven months, voters in the Central African Republic succeeded in dislodging General André Kolingba from the presidency.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Bokassa.html (119 words)

	Former President David Dacko dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Dacko, 73, was flown to Cameroon in early November, after his health deteriorated.
		President from 1959 to 1965 and from 1979 to 1981, Dacko worked closely with the country's founding father, Barthelemy Boganda, who was also his cousin.
		Dacko was Bokassa’s special adviser when French troops brought him back to power in 1979.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=38030 (312 words)

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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ain%27t-Too-Proud-to-Beg (1144 words)

	A short history of the Central African Republic
		He is succeeded after his death in 1959 shortly by Abel Goumba and later that year by David Dacko.
		Dacko is deposed by his nephew, Jean-Bedel Bokassa in 1965 and the country becomes a personal dictatorship.
		After a new coup the country is renamed Central African Republic and David Dacko resumes office as president in 1980.
	www.electionworld.org /history/centralafrica.htm (537 words)

	The Voice of Russia [ XX CENTURY: FOOTPRINTS IN HISTORY ]
		Unaware of the dire repercussions his decision might have, David Dacko invited Bokassa to get back home and made him army chief of staff in 1964.
		Bokassa was ousted and replaced by David Dacko whom he had deposed 13 years earlier.
		Bokassa hoped that his grateful countrymen would jump at the chance of returning him to power, but he was instead put on trial for genocide and cannibalism, found guilty and condemned to death.
	www.vor.ru /English/Footprints/excl_next882_eng.html (760 words)

	République centrafricaine : repères événementiels
		David Dacko, ancien président, devient le conseiller du maréchal Bokassa.
		David Dacko prend le pouvoir alors que Jean-Bedel Bokassa est en Libye.
		David Dacko est élu (50,23%) devant Ange Patassé (38,11%).
	www.etat.sciencespobordeaux.fr /chronologie/centrafriq.html (605 words)

	Commentary: Regime change a la Francais (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Late afternoon Sept. 19, 1979, they put David Dacko, an exiled political leader from the Central African Empire, in a limousine aboard a Transall transport plane with a dozen commandos.
		Dacko was driven to the Bangui TV station to broadcast a proclamation that had been written for him by Marenches.
		As Marenches promised Giscard, his men had re-boarded the two Transall aircraft and were airborne on their way back to a French base in Senegal 58 minutes after they had landed.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/865125/posts (1124 words)

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