Henri Pouzère

Henri Pouzère (born 1943) is a Central African politician and lawyer. He was appointed to the government of the Central African Republic as Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in 2013.

Political career

Pouzère ran in both the September 1999 and March 2005 presidential elections as an independent candidate,[1] receiving 4.19% of the vote in 1999[2] and 2.10% in 2005.[3] In the concurrent 2005 parliamentary election, he also ran for a seat in the National Assembly from Ippy,[4] but was defeated by Yvonne Ndjapou.[5]

As of 2007, Pouzère was coordinator of the Union of the Active Forces of the Nation (UFVN) opposition coalition.[6][7]

Following a rebellion in December 2012, a national unity government was appointed on 3 February 2013, composed of supporters of President François Bozizé, the opposition, and rebels. Pouzère was appointed to the government as Minister of Posts, Telecommunications, and New Technologies.[8] After Bozizé was ousted by the rebels in March 2013, Pouzère was retained as Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in the next government, appointed on 31 March 2013.[9][10]

References
  1. Elections in the Central African Republic, African Elections Database.
  2. "Rapport de la Mission d'Observation des Élections Présidentielles du 19 septembre 1999" Archived 2008-06-27 at the Wayback Machine, democratie.francophonie.org (in French).
  3. "Rapport de la Mission d'Observation des Élections Présidentielle et Législatives des 13 mars et 8 mai 2005 en République Centrafricaine" Archived 2007-06-22 at the Wayback Machine, democratie.francophonie.org (in French).
  4. Results of 2005 parliamentary first round and list of candidates qualifying for the second round Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, fodem.org (in French).
  5. Results of 2005 parliamentary second round Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, batir-rca.org (in French).
  6. "L'Union des Forces Vives de la Nation récuse le choix du pasteur Isaac Zokoé" Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, Agence Centrafrique Presse, February 3, 2007 (in French).
  7. "Centrafrique/Politique : Ouverture du 3ème congrès ordinaire du Mlpc", Agence Centrafrique Presse, June 21, 2007 (in French).
  8. "Centrafrique : Le gouvernement d'union nationale est formé" Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, Xinhua, 4 February 2013 (in French).
  9. "Centrafrique : Nicolas Tiangaye présente son gouvernement d'union nationale", Jeune Afrique, 1 April 2013 (in French).
  10. "La Centrafrique pilotée par un gouvernement d'union nationale", Agence Ecofin, 1 April 2013 (in French).
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