Karim Meckassoua Explained

Karim Meckassoua

Office:

President:

Primeminister:

Term Start:

6 May 2016

Term End:

29 October 2018

Predecessor:

Successor:

Laurent Ngon Baba

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Office:	Minister of State in charge of Posts, Telecommunications and New Technologies
Term Start:	22 March 2011
Term End:	3 August 2013
Predecessor:	Thierry Savonaroye Maléyombo
Office1:	Minister of State for Communication, National Reconciliation, Democratic Culture and the Promotion of Human Rights
Term Start1:	2 September 2006
Term End1:	28 January 2008
Predecessor1:	Jean-Eudes Téya
Successor1:	Cyriaque Gonda
Office2:	Minister of State, in charge of National Education, Literacy, Higher Education, and Research
Term Start2:	12 December 2003
Term End2:	19 June 2005
Predecessor2:	Bévarah Lala
Successor2:	Timoléon M'baïkoua
Office3:	Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and La Francophonie
Term Start3:	31 March 2003
Term End3:	12 December 2003
Predecessor3:	Martial Beti Marace
Successor3:	Charles Hervé Wénézoui

Birth Name:

Abdoul Karim Meckassoua

Birth Date:

31 December 1953

Birth Place:

Party:

Abdoul Karim Meckassoua (born 31 December 1953 in the Bangui neighborhood of PK5^[1]) is a Central African politician who served as the President of the National Assembly of the Central African Republic from 6 May 2016 to 29 October 2018.^[2] He is the second Muslim head of government of the largely Roman Catholic majority African country following Michel Am-Nondokro Djotodia.

On 15 August 2021, he fled the country after Constitutional Court impeached him following accusations of participation in 2021 coup attempt.^[3]

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