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Henri Pouzère
Central African politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Henri Pouzère (27 December 1938 – 25 February 2018) was 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.
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Early life
Pouzère was born on 27 December 1938 in a village near Ippy, Yétomane.[2] He graduated from Collège Émile Gentil in 1960. Subsequently, he continued his education at Lycée Savorgnan de Brazza in Brazzaville through a Ministry of Education scholarship and finished it in 1961. Pouzère then studied political science at University of Sorbonne-Paris I. Afterward, he lived in Gabon in the mid-1980s and joined the bar association in Libreville.[1]
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Political career
Pouzère ran in both the September 1999 and March 2005 presidential elections as an independent candidate,[3] receiving 4.19% of the vote in 1999[4] and 2.10% in 2005.[5] In the concurrent 2005 parliamentary election, he also ran for a seat in the National Assembly from Ippy,[6] but was defeated by Yvonne Ndjapou.[7]
As of 2007, Pouzère was coordinator of the Union of the Active Forces of the Nation (UFVN) opposition coalition.[8][9]
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.[10] 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.[11][12]
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Death
Pouzère died in Saint-Denis on 25 February 2018.[13] His funeral was held on 19 March 2018 in Bangui, attended by Faustin-Archange Touadéra.[2]
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