Brigette Dacko
Brigette Teya Dacko (19 June 1943 – 31 March 2023) was a Central African public figure who served as the First Lady of the Central African Republic during the presidency of her husband, former President David Dacko. Biography Dacko was born on 19 June 1943 in Nzongo, Ubangi-Shari. A member of the Mbaka people (Ngbaka), she was from the city of Bimbo, Ombella-M'Poko (now part of Bangui prefecture). In 1962, President David Dacko divorced his first wife, Florence Dacko, and soon married Brigette Dacko later that same year. Brigette Dacko was appearing at diplomatic and protocol events as first lady and wife of the president by June 1962. She was the Central African Republic's first lady from her marriage in 1962 until the 1965 Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état which overthrew President Dacko. She was once again first lady from September 1979 to September 1981 when President Dacko briefly returned to power. In December 2008, Dacko took part in ceremonies marking the 50th anni ...
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Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of the Congo to the southwest, and Cameroon to the west. The Central African Republic covers a land area of about . , it had an estimated population of around million. , the Central African Republic is the scene of a civil war, ongoing since 2012. Most of the Central African Republic consists of Sudano-Guinean savannas, but the country also includes a Sahelo- Sudanian zone in the north and an equatorial forest zone in the south. Two-thirds of the country is within the Ubangi River basin (which flows into the Congo), while the remaining third lies in the basin of the Chari, which flows into Lake Chad. What is today the Central African Republic has been inhabited for millennia; however, the country's current borders were established by ...
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