Abel Goumba

Abel Goumba
Goumba c. 1960
2nd Vice President of the Central African Republic
In office 12 December 2003 – 15 March 2005
President	François Bozizé
Preceded by	Henri Maïdou (1980)
Succeeded by	Post abolished
Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
In office 15 March 2003 – 11 December 2003
President	François Bozizé
Preceded by	Martin Ziguélé
Succeeded by	Célestin Gaombalet
Acting Prime Minister of Ubangi-Shari
In office 30 March 1959 – 30 April 1959
Preceded by	Barthélemy Boganda
Succeeded by	David Dacko
Personal details
Born	Abel Nguéndé Goumba (1926-09-18)18 September 1926 Grimari, Ubangi-Uaka, Ubangi-Shari (present-day Ouaka, Central African Republic)
Died	11 May 2009(2009-05-11) (aged 82) Bangui, Central African Republic
Political party	Patriotic Front for Progress (from 1972)[a]
Other political affiliations	MESAN (until 1960)
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Abel Nguéndé Goumba (French pronunciation: [abɛl gumba]; 18 September 1926 – 11 May 2009) was a Central African politician. During the late 1950s, he headed the government in the period prior to independence from France, and following independence he was an unsuccessful candidate for President of the Central African Republic four times (1981, 1993, 1999, and 2005). Goumba, who was President of the Patriotic Front for Progress (FPP) political party, served under President François Bozizé as Prime Minister from March 2003 to December 2003 and then as Vice President of the Central African Republic from December 2003 to March 2005.^[1] Subsequently, he was appointed to the official post of Ombudsman.

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