Cécile Bozanga ( Koyaga; born 12 February 1951) is a Central African politician and banker who served as Deputy Minister of the Budget under David Dacko's administration.

Biography

Born in

Bangui Bangui (; or Bangî in Sango language, Sango, formerly written Bangi in English) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities in the Central African Republic, largest city of the Central African Republic. It was established as a Fren ...

on 12 February 1951, Koyaga studied science at the

University of Bangui The University of Bangui () is a public university located in Bangui, Central African Republic. History Before independence in Oubangui-Chari (later to be called the Central African Republic), most students going on to higher education headed f ...

. Upon graduating from university, she worked at the Ministry of Finance and later became a tax inspector. Dacko appointed Bozanga as Deputy Minister of the budget on 4 April 1981. During Kolingba's administration, she worked again as a tax inspector and then served as director of the Central African National Depository Bank (BNCD). In 1996, she was nominated as the president of the board of the Joint Reinsurance Company of the Member States of the Inter-African Conference on Insurance Markets. Koyaga married

Simon Narcisse Bozanga Simon Narcisse Bozanga (26 December 1942 – 7 July 2010) was a Central African politician. He was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 4 April 1981 to 1 September 1981, when his government was overthrown by a military coup. Biogra ...

in Bangui in August 1999. On 6 May 2003, Bozize appointed Bozanga as deputy director general of the property and tax services of the Ministry of Finance. She served as a member of Ecobank's director board from 2008 to 2010 in Bangui. Furthermore, she also became a member of the interministerial committee for the development of the strategy representing Minister of Finance and Budget in 2008. After the death of her husband, Simon Narcisse Bozanga, she reportedly filed a lawsuit to the Bangui High Court against her youngest son, Georges Simon Bozanga, for inheritance that Simon Bozanga left in December 2012. Nevertheless, she did not appear during the court hearing on 18 December 2012. Djotodia named Bozanga as a member of the General Inspectorate of Finance and Heads of Services on 12 June 2013. Six months later, Djotodia nominated her as a member of the National Election Authority (ANE) for a seven-year term on 17 December. On 9 August 2021, Bozaga became the member of

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui () is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bangui in the Central African Republic. History * 8 May 1909: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Oubangui-Chari from the Apostolic Vi ...

's Economic Affairs.

Work

*Boubande, M. Paul; Boue, M. Raphaël; Bozanga, Cécile (2008) ''Coûts et financement du système'' in World Bank, World Bank ''Le systeme educatif Centrafricain : contraintes et marges de manoeuvre pour la reconstruction du systeme educatif dans la perspective de la reduction de la pauvrete''. Washington D.C.

References

{{reflist Living people 1951 births People from Bangui Women government ministers of the Central African Republic Central African Republic women in politics University of Bangui alumni