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Dacko, David
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Dacko, David (dävēd` däkō`), 1930–2003, president of the Central African Republic Central African Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 3,800,000), 240,534 sq mi (622,983 sq km), central Africa. The landlocked nation is bordered by Chad (N), Sudan (E), Congo (Kinshasa) and Congo (Brazzaville) (S), and Cameroon (W).
..... Click the link for more information.  (1960–66, 1979–81). A leader in the independence movement in French Equatorial Africa, he became the first president of the newly independent Central African Republic. He was toppled from power in 1966 by Jean-Bédel Bokassa Bokassa, Jean-Bédel , 1921–96, president of Central African Republic (1966–79). He served (1939–61) in the French army, then organized his country's army, becoming commander in chief in 1963.
..... Click the link for more information.  but reinstated in a French-supported coup in 1979. Reelected president, he was overthrown by a military junta in 1981.
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Bokassa was supported by France until the international embarrassment at his excesses became too great and they reinstalled former leader David Dacko in 1979.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC by New Internationalist
Since then, the CAR has struggled through the financial dependency and gross mismanagement of David Dacko (twice), Bokassa, General Andre Kolingba, and the current president, Ange-Felix Patasse.
Peacekeeping in the Central African Republic: Canada's quiet return ... by McGregor, Andrew / Behind the Headlines
They reinstated the country's first president, David Dacko, who had himself been tossed out by Bokassa.
BOKASSA, BRUTAL EX-DICTATOR OF AFRICAN NATION by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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