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Dieudonné Ndomaté is former Minister of Arts, Culture and Tourism in the
Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to Central African Republic–Chad border, the north, Sudan to Central African Republic–Sudan border, the northeast, South Sudan to Central ...
, and leader of
Anti-balaka The Anti-balaka (''anti-machete'') is an alliance of militia groups based in the Central African Republic in the early 21st century said by ''the Guardian'' to be composed primarily of Christians, but also some Muslims. However, some church leade ...
, arrested in 2021 for treason and later acquitted.


Life

He is a paternal uncle of Rodrigue Ngaibona alias Andjilo, another Anti-balaka general. From 2004 to 2012 he studied at
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 ...
.


Civil war

In 2013, Ndomaté joined Anti-balaka. On 5 December 2013, he left Bouca to participate in attack on Bangui.ICC-01/14-01/18
/ref> In December 2014, he was a Deputy Chief of Operations of the Anti-balaka of Boy-Rabe neighborhood in Bangui. In 2015, he was National Coordinator in charge of the operations of the former Antibalaka. After transfer of
Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona (born 30 June 1967) is the former Central African minister of sports, president of the Central African Football Federation and leader of Anti-balaka. He was arrested in 2018 on a warrant by the International Criminal C ...
to the International Criminal Court in January 2019, Dieudonné Ndomaté became de facto leader of the Ngaïssona branch of the Anti-balaka.Letter dated 27 January 2021 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic extended pursuant to resolution 2536 (2020) addressed to the President of the Security Council
/ref> He was one of the signatories of 2019 peace agreement. On 3 March 2019, president Touadera nominated him as a Minister of Arts, Culture and Tourism. On 28 March 2020, 16 anti-balaka members were arrested at his residence in police operation. In early April 2020, in a show of protest, he suspended his participation in the government for a few days. In 2020 elections, he was an independent candidate from district Batangafo I. On 15 December 2020, he joined
Coalition of Patriots for Change The Coalition of Patriots for Change (; CPC) is a coalition of major rebel groups in the Central African Republic created in 2020 to disrupt the 2020–21 Central African Republic general election. Background On 3 December 2020, the Constitu ...
led by former president
François Bozizé François Bozizé Yangouvonda (born 14 October 1946) is a Central African Republic, Central African politician who was List of heads of state of the Central African Republic, President of the Central African Republic from 2003 to 2013. He was th ...
. On 16 December, he left Bangui towards Batangafo taking with him a few vehicles which he handed over to CPC rebels. On 11 May 2021, he was arrested in Bouca for incitement to insurrection. On 12 May, he was transferred to Bangui and placed under arrest. On 27 May 2022, after two weeks of trials he and 15 other people were acquitted of all charges due to insufficient evidence. In 2024 he moved to Cameroon where he was arrested by Cameroonian authorities and extradicted to the Central African Republic where he was again placed in a jail in July.Réincarcération de l’ancien ministre Dieudonné Ndomaté au camp de Roux : Un Acharnement Politique Dénué de Preuves
4 July 2024


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ndomaté, Dieudonné Living people People acquitted of treason Tourism ministers of the Central African Republic Leaders of Anti-balaka People from Ouham-Fafa Year of birth missing (living people)