Jean-Luc Mandaba
Jean-Luc Mandaba | |
|---|---|
Prime Minister of Central African Republic | |
| In office 25 October 1993 – 12 April 1995 | |
| President | Ange-Félix Patassé |
| Preceded by | Enoch Derant Lakoué |
| Succeeded by | Gabriel Koyambounou |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1943 Bangui, Ubangi-Shari |
| Died | 22 October 2000 (aged 57) Bangui, Central African Republic |
| Political party | MLPC |
| Children | Hervé Mandaba |
Jean-Luc Mandaba (15 August 1943 – 22 October 2000) was
Biography
Mandaba was born on 15 August 1943 in
He returned to the Central African Republic and established a pediatric service at the National Hospital in Bangui. He won acclaim as a surgeon and was appointed Minister of Health in 1980, serving until 1981. He became Professor of Pediatric Surgery in 1983. In 1986, he became head of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University Hospital. Mandaba was also involved in several important sports positions.[1]
Mandaba served as vice president of the MPLC before becoming Prime Minister. On 25 October 1993, shortly after Ange-Félix Patassé became president, he appointed Mandaba to the position of Prime Minister. He was forced to resign as Prime Minister in April 1995 to preempt a threatened vote of no-confidence in the government following accusations of corruption and incompetence. Gabriel Koyambounou replaced him as prime minister.[2] From 1995 to his death he was Chairman of the Board of the Central African Sugar Management Company (SOGESCA). After the second army mutiny of 1996, he and Jean Serge Ouafio set up the 'Karako' militia forces, which Patassé then brought into the military to balance the predominance of southern Yakoma in the armed forces inherited from the Kolingba era.[1]
After attending a dinner to celebrate the first anniversary of Patassé's second term on 21 October 2000, Mandaba suddenly felt sick and died at home of a heart attack. His family claimed that Mandaba was in fact poisoned at the dinner party, as he supposedly was thought to be planning a coup to overthrow Patassé. Their suspicion was strongly supported when his 31-year-old son Hervé died under similar circumstances a few weeks later.[3] He performed a final surgery hours before he died.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d "Professor Jean-Luc Mandaba (1943 - 2000)". Gemme.la.rca (in French). Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ Bradshaw & Fandos-Rius 2016, p. 37
- ^ "Situation brusquement tendue ce matin à Bangui". Sangonet.com (in French). Retrieved 1 November 2016.
References
- Bradshaw, Richard; Fandos-Rius, Juan (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0810879928.