Jean-Luc Mandaba
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Jean-Luc Mandaba was Prime Minister
of the Central African Republic
from 25 October 1993 to 12 April 1995 under president Ange-Félix Patassé
.
Mandaba, a former health minister, was forced to resign as prime minister pre-empting a threatened vote of no-confidence in Patassé's government following accusations of corruption and incompetence. After the second army mutiny of 1996, he and Jean Serge Ouafio set up the 'Karako' militia forces, which Patassé then brought into the military to balance the predominance of southern Yakoma
in the armed forces inherited from the Kolingba
era.
After attending a dinner to celebrate the first anniversary of Patassé's second term on October 21, 2000, Mandaba suddenly felt sick and died at home of a heart attack. His family claimed that Mandaba was in fact poisoned at the dinner party, as he supposedly was thought to plan a coup to overthrow Patassé. Their suspicion was strongly supported when his 31-year old son Hervé died under similar circumstances a few weeks later.
Heads of government of the Central African Republic (and Central African Empire)
This is a complete list of the heads of government of the Central African Republic and Central African Empire. There have been 21 heads of government of Central African Republic and the Central African Empire. The office of Prime Minister, the head of government, was created when the Central...
of the Central African Republic
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...
from 25 October 1993 to 12 April 1995 under president Ange-Félix Patassé
Ange-Félix Patassé
Ange-Félix Patassé was a Central African politician who was President of the Central African Republic from 1993 until 2003, when he was deposed by the rebel leader François Bozizé...
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Mandaba, a former health minister, was forced to resign as prime minister pre-empting a threatened vote of no-confidence in Patassé's government following accusations of corruption and incompetence. After the second army mutiny of 1996, he and Jean Serge Ouafio set up the 'Karako' militia forces, which Patassé then brought into the military to balance the predominance of southern Yakoma
Yakoma
Yakoma are an ethnic group in the Central African Republic who make up 4% of the population of the country or 160,000 people. André-Dieudonné Kolingba, president of the CAR from 1979 to 1993, was a member of this group. 10,000 also reside in the Democratic Republic of the Congo....
in the armed forces inherited from the Kolingba
André Kolingba
André-Dieudonné Kolingba was the fourth president of the Central African Republic , from 1 September 1981 until 1 October 1993. He took power from President David Dacko in a bloodless coup d'état in 1981 and lost power to Ange-Félix Patassé in a democratic election held in 1993...
era.
After attending a dinner to celebrate the first anniversary of Patassé's second term on October 21, 2000, Mandaba suddenly felt sick and died at home of a heart attack. His family claimed that Mandaba was in fact poisoned at the dinner party, as he supposedly was thought to plan a coup to overthrow Patassé. Their suspicion was strongly supported when his 31-year old son Hervé died under similar circumstances a few weeks later.