Gabriel Koyambounou Explained

Gabriel Koyambounou
Birth Place:Bangui
Office:Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
President:Ange-Felix Patasse
Term Start:12 April 1995
Term End:6 June 1996
Predecessor:Jean-Luc Mandaba
Successor:Jean-Paul Ngoupandé
Party:MLPC

Gabriel Jean-Edouard Koyambounou (born 1947) is a Central African politician who was prime minister of the Central African Republic from 12 April 1995 to 6 June 1996. He is currently the first vice-president of the Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People (MLPC).

Koyambounou was acquitted of misuse of public funds on 6 December 2004.[1] After MLPC first vice-president Luc Dondon Apollinaire Konamabaye was suspended from his duties, Koyambounou, who was second vice-president, took over as first vice-president in an interim capacity in January 2006.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.french.xinhuanet.com/french/2004-12/07/content_54300.htm "L'ex-Premier ministre centrafricain Koyambounou acquitté"
  2. http://www.wmaker.net/leconfident/MLPC-KOYAMBOUNOU-ASSURE-LA-1ere-VICE-PRESIDENCE_a1748.html "MLPC: KOYAMBOUNOU ASSURE LA 1ère VICE-PRESIDENCE"