Andre Nzapayke ( fr. André Nzapayeké , born August 20, 1951 , Bangasu , French Equatorial Africa ) - politician and statesman, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from January 25 to August 10, 2014 .
| Andre Nzapayke | |||||||
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| fr. André nzapayeké | |||||||
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| The president | Catherine Samba Panza | ||||||
| Predecessor | Nicolas Tiangei | ||||||
| Successor | Mahamat Kamun | ||||||
| Birth | August 20, 1951 (68 years old) Bangasu , French Equatorial Africa | ||||||
| The consignment | not | ||||||
Biography
Andre Nzapayke was born on August 20, 1951 in a Christian family in Bangasu , French Equatorial Africa [1] . He was Secretary General of the African Development Bank and Vice President of the Bank of Central African States .
Prime Minister
On January 25, 2014 , at the height of the interfaith conflict , Andre Nzapaike was appointed interim prime minister of the Central African Republic [2] . He said that his priorities would be preparing the country for the 2015 elections and stopping atrocities within the country for several months as a key step towards rebuilding the state [3] . On January 27, Nzapeike formed a new government, which included 20 ministers, including seven women and one representative of the Christian anti-balak detachment [4] . UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a statement addressed to Nzapayka and the President of the Central African Republic, Catherine Samba-Panze, expressed his welcome on the formation of a new government, noting that this “provides new favorable opportunities to assist the political process” in the country, and that thanks to the attached you managed to “put on the rails” a transition process [5] .
On June 4 , after calls for a general strike in Bangui and the resignation of the government, Andre Nzapaike decided to ban the sending of SMS messages throughout the country [6] [7] . Later, A. Nzapayke called on members of Muslim and Christian groups to lay down their arms and stop inter-religious violence. As a result, not militants, but about 200 local Muslim residents who found weapons on the streets came to Bangui City Hall and the metropolitan areas of Begua and Bimbo. Nzapayke said that “we must encourage everyone who voluntarily brings grenades and ammunition, who support the peace process. We must encourage those who come and the rest of the population ” [8] .
On August 5, President’s press secretary Catherine Samba-Panza announced on air of a state radio station that “Prime Minister Andre Nzapaike and his cabinet have resigned at the request of the head of state” [9] [10] . On August 10, Catherine Samba-Panza appointed Mahamat Kamun to the post of Prime Minister of the Central African Republic [11] .
Notes
- ↑ André Nzapayéké, un technocrate à la tête du gouvernement de République centrafricaine (French) . Radio France Internationale (January 25, 2014). Date of treatment January 27, 2014.
- ↑ Andre Nzapeike was appointed the new Prime Minister of the Central African Republic . RIA News . Date of treatment June 10, 2014.
- ↑ New CAR PM says ending atrocities is priority . Aljazeera . Date of treatment January 26, 2014.
- ↑ The Prime Minister of the CAR formed a transitional government . RIA News . Date of treatment June 10, 2014.
- ↑ Ban Ki-moon welcomed the formation of a new CAR government (Inaccessible link) . Xinhua . Date of treatment June 10, 2014. Archived July 14, 2014.
- ↑ SMS has been banned in the Central African Republic . Russia Today . Date of treatment June 10, 2014.
- ↑ The authorities of the CAR forbade the inhabitants of the country to send SMS . BBC Russian . Date of treatment June 10, 2014.
- ↑ CAR: civilians surrender weapons, not militants . Euronews . Date of treatment June 10, 2014.
- ↑ The CAR government, at the request of the president, resigned . RIA Novosti (August 5, 2014). Date of treatment August 10, 2014.
- ↑ The CAR government, led by the prime minister, resigned . Russian planet (August 5, 2014). Date of treatment August 10, 2014.
- ↑ Muslim Kamuna Became the new Prime Minister of the Central African Republic . BBC Russian (August 10, 2014). Date of treatment August 10, 2014.