Enoch Derant Lakoué

Enoch Derant Lakoué (born 1945) was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 26 February 1993 to 25 October 1993. He was the candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the August 1993 presidential election, receiving 2.39% of the vote, [ [http://democratie.francophonie.org/IMG/pdf/RAPPORT_DE_LA_MISSION_EXPLORATOIRE_EN_VUE_DES_ELECTIONS_PRESIDENTIELLES_ET_LEGISLATIVES_DU_22_AOUT_1993.pdf "Rapport de la Mission Exploratoire en vue des Élections Présidentielles et Législatives du 22 août 1993"] , democratie.francophonie.org fr icon.] and again in the September 1999 presidential election, receiving 1.33% of the vote. After the 1999 election, he refused to sign a declaration signed by the other opposition candidates that denounced the election due to irregularities, rejected the results in advance, and called for popular resistance; Lakoué said that he was "not in favor of disorder" and that his opposition to the government was moderate. [ [http://democratie.francophonie.org/IMG/pdf/RAPPORT_DE_LA_MISSION_D_OBSERVATION_DES_ELECTIONS_PRESIDENTIELLES_DU_19_SEPTEMBRE_1999.pdf "Rapport de la Mission d’Observation des Élections Présidentielles du 19 septembre 1999"] , democratie.francophonie.org fr icon.] He initially declared his candidacy in the 2005 presidential election, but withdrew it prior to the Constitutional Court's December 30 2004 ruling on the validity of candidacies, choosing to remain in his position as head of the national administration of the Bank of Central African States. [ [http://www.sangonet.com/actu-snews/ICAR/Dsp/coup-trafalg-cmait_pt2005.html "Présidentielle en RCA: seuls cinq candidats admis à se présenter"] , AFP (Sangonet.com), December 30, 2004 fr icon.]

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