Célestin Gaombalet

Célestin Leroy Gaombalet
Célestin Leroy Gaombalet
Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
	In office; 12 December 2003 – 11 June 2005
President	François Bozizé
Preceded by	Abel Goumba
Succeeded by	Élie Doté
President of the National Assembly of the Central African Republic
	In office; 14 June 2005 – 15 April 2013
Preceded by	Luc-Appolinaire Dondon-Konambaye
Succeeded by	Alexandre-Ferdinand Nguendet; (as President of the National Transitional Council); Abdou Karim Meckassoua; (as President of the National Assembly)
Personal details
Born	1 January 1942; Grimari, Ubangi-Shari (present-day Grimari, Ouaka, Central African Republic)
Died	19 December 2017 (aged 75); Agen, France
Political party	Independent
Profession	Politician, banker

Célestin Leroy Gaombalet (1 January 1942 – 19 December 2017^[1]) was a Central African politician who was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 2003 to 2005. He was President of the National Assembly of the Central African Republic from 2005 to 2013.

Biography

Gaombalet was born in the village of

Development Bank of Central African States in Brazzaville. In the early 1990s, Gaombalet returned to the Central African Republic, becoming head of the Moroccan-Central African People's Bank and later retiring.^[3]

Despite having no political experience,

2005 parliamentary election, Gaombalet was elected to the National Assembly as a Deputy from Bambari. At the opening of the National Assembly, he was elected as President of the National Assembly on June 7, 2005, receiving 78 votes against 18 for Luc Apollinaire Dondon Konamabaye, who had previously held the position under President Ange-Félix Patassé.^[6] Gaombalet resigned as Prime Minister on June 11 and was replaced by Élie Doté on June 13.^[7]

In the

January–March 2011 parliamentary election, Gaombalet was re-elected to the National Assembly; when the legislature began sitting for its new term, he was re-elected as President of the National Assembly.^[8]

References

^ "Mise en dépôt du corps de Monsieur Leroy Célestin GAOMBALET Ancien Président de l'Assemblée Nationale Centrafricaine". www.ambarca-paris.org (in French). Ambassade de la République Centrafricaine. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
^ "Jeune afrique économie". March 1984.
^ ^a ^b Jean-Dominique Geslin, "Que peut faire Gaombalet ?", Jeune Afrique, December 21, 2003 (in French).
^ Jean-Dominique Geslin, "Abel Goumba limogé", Jeune Afrique, December 14, 2003 (in French).
^ "Semaine du 5 septembre 2004", Jeune Afrique, September 5, 2004 (in French).
^ "New parliament meets, elects speaker", IRIN, June 9, 2005.
^ "Bozize inaugurated, prime minister appointed", IRIN, June 13, 2005.
^ Jonas Bissanguim, "Constitution du bureau de l’Assemblée Nationale" Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine, Agence Centrafrique Presse, 9 May 2011 (in French).

Political offices
Preceded by Abel Goumba	Prime Minister of the Central African Republic 2003–2005	Succeeded by Élie Doté
Preceded by Luc-Appolinaire Dondon-Konambaye	President of the National Assembly of the Central African Republic 2005–2013	Succeeded by Alexandre-Ferdinand Nguendet as President of the National Transitional Council of the Central African Republic

[1] "Mise en dépôt du corps de Monsieur Leroy Célestin GAOMBALET Ancien Président de l'Assemblée Nationale Centrafricaine". www.ambarca-paris.org (in French). Ambassade de la République Centrafricaine. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-26.

[2] "Jeune afrique économie". March 1984.

[Que-3] Jean-Dominique Geslin, "Que peut faire Gaombalet ?", Jeune Afrique, December 21, 2003 (in French).

[4] Jean-Dominique Geslin, "Abel Goumba limogé", Jeune Afrique, December 14, 2003 (in French).

[5] "Semaine du 5 septembre 2004", Jeune Afrique, September 5, 2004 (in French).

[Speaker-6] "New parliament meets, elects speaker", IRIN, June 9, 2005.

[7] "Bozize inaugurated, prime minister appointed", IRIN, June 13, 2005.

[8] Jonas Bissanguim, "Constitution du bureau de l’Assemblée Nationale" Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine, Agence Centrafrique Presse, 9 May 2011 (in French).

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