Faustin-Archange Touadéra

Infobox Prime Minister


name = Faustin-Archange Touadéra
honorific-suffix =
PhD
order = Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
president = François Bozizé
deputy =
term_start = 22 January 2008
term_end =
predecessor = Élie Doté
successor =
birth_date = birth date and age|1957|04|21|df=y
birth_place = Bangui, Central African Republic (then a French colony)
party = Independent
alma_mater = Barthelemy Boganda College
University of Bangui
University of Abidjan
Lille I University of Science and Technology
University of Yaoundé I

Faustin-Archange Touadéra (born April 21, 1957 [http://apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article_eng&id_article=52927 "Profile of new Central African Prime Minister, Faustin Touadera"] , African Press Agency, January 23, 2008.] ) has been Prime Minister of the Central African Republic since January 2008.

Touadéra was born in Bangui; his family was originally from Damara, to the north of Bangui. [Tshitenge Lubabu M.K., [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/jeune_afrique/article_jeune_afrique.asp?art_cle=LIN15068faustardauo0 "Faustin-Archange Touadéra"] , Jeuneafrique.com, June 15, 2008 fr icon.] He received his secondary education at the Barthelemy Boganda College in Bangui before attending the University of Bangui and the University of Abidjan. He earned a PhD in pure mathematics at the Lille University of Science and Technology (Lille I) in France and another PhD, also in pure mathematics, at the University of Yaoundé I in Cameroon in 2004. In 1987 he became assistant lecturer of mathematics at the University of Bangui and was vice-dean of the University's Facility of Science from 1989 to 1992. In the latter year he became director of the teachers' training college. He joined the Inter-State Committee for the Standardisation of Mathematics Programs in the French-speaking countries and the Indian Ocean (CIEHPM) in 1999, serving as the President of the Committee from 2001 to 2003. He became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bangui in May 2004.

Touadéra was appointed Prime Minister by President François Bozizé on 22 January 2008, following the resignation of Élie Doté. [ [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/fluxafp/fil_info.asp?reg_id=0&art_cle=42184 "Centrafrique: le recteur de l'université de Bangui nommé Premier ministre"] , AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), January 22, 2008 fr icon.] His government, composed of 29 members—four ministers of state, 17 ministers, and seven minister delegates, along with himself—was appointed on 28 January. [ [http://apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article&id_article=53439 "Composition du nouveau gouvernement centrafricain"] , African Press Agency, 29 January 2008.]

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