Anicet-Georges Dologuélé (born 17 April 1957) is a Central African politician who was
Prime Minister
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of the
Central African Republic
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from 4 January 1999 to 1 April 2001. Subsequently, he was President of the
Development Bank of Central African States
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(BDEAC) from 2001 to 2010.
Life and career
Dologuélé was
Minister of Finance and the Budget in the government of Prime Minister
Michel Gbezera-Bria
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Early life
Gbezera-Bria was born in B ...
and subsequently served as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2001. As Prime Minister, Dologuélé, who not a member of the ruling
Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People
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(MLPC), faced hostility from the party; on 1 April 2001, he was dismissed by President
Ange-Félix Patassé
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and replaced by
Martin Ziguélé
Martin Ziguélé (born 12 February 1957) is a Central African politician who was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 2001 to 2003. He placed second in the 2005 presidential election and is currently the President of the Movement f ...
. Dologuélé criticized this decision as putting political considerations ahead of "good management".
Dologuélé was appointed to head the BDEAC, remaining in that post for over eight years; he was eventually replaced by
Mickaël Adandé from
Gabon
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in January 2010.
In October 2013, Dologuélé founded a political party, the
Union for Central African Renewal (URCA). He also planned to stand as a candidate in the
next presidential election. As campaigning began for the election, which was eventually scheduled for 27 December 2015, Dologuélé presented himself as a candidate of peace and inclusion. He declared that he had "never held a weapon" and said that the ousted and exiled former President
François Bozizé
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Bozizé rose to become a high-ranking army officer in the 1970s, under the rule of Jean-Bà ...
, who was barred from standing in the election, would be able to play some unspecified role in national affairs. Bozizé's
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party threw its support behind Dologuélé. While some thirty candidates stepped forward, only Dologuélé and
Faustin-Archange Touadéra
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qualified for the runoff on 14 February 2016. He was beaten by Touadéra in the second round, by 62 percent to 37 percent. Although Dologuélé alleged fraud, he nevertheless stated that "for the sake of peace" he accepted the official results, would not appeal, and "recognize
Faustin-Archange Touadéra as the leader of all Central Africans".
In the February–March 2016 parliamentary election, Dologuélé was elected to the National Assembly as the URCA candidate in the first constituency of
Bocaranga
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, winning in the second round with 75.33% of the vote.
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1957 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of the Central African Republic
University of Bangui alumni
University of Bordeaux alumni
Finance ministers of the Central African Republic