Timothée Malendoma
Timothée Malendoma | |
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Edouard Frank | |
Succeeded by | Enoch Derant Lakoué |
Personal details | |
Born | 1935 Dekoa, Ubangi-Shari |
Died | Bangui, Central African Republic | 12 December 2010
Political party | Civic Forum |
Timothée Malendoma (1935 – 12 December 2010) was a
Early life
Timothée Malendoma was born in Dekoua (now in the Central African Republic) in 1935, joining the French Army in 1953. After fighting for France in the First Indochina War, he was trained as a military administrator in Montpellier.[1]
Political career
He was chosen by President Jean-Bédel Bokassa to become Minister of the National Economy in January 1966, and spent his time attempting to shut down diamond smuggling. However, the following year the influence of the smugglers proved too great and he was removed from his post. He returned to politics on 27 September 1979 when he was named Minister of State in the government of President David Dacko. He later formed his own political party in 1990.[2]
Under Malendoma's leadership, the
Subsequently Malendoma was a deputy in the
After François Bozizé seized power in 2003, Malendoma remained in opposition.[7] In March 2004 he objected to the presence of ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in the Central African Republic, arguing that Aristide was "a dictator"—"we have had our fair share and we don't need anymore"—and that the country should not be "a dumping ground". He also said that in the Central African Republic "democracy is a luxury and opposition is a foreign concept".[8]
In the
Death
Malendoma was admitted to Bangui General Hospital in late November 2010 suffering from a hypertensive emergency, and died on 12 December at the age of 75.[7] Following his death, the Civic Forum did not participate in the subsequent election.[9]
Notes
- ^ a b Bradshaw & Fandos-Rius 2016, pp. 167–16.
- ^ Bradshaw & Fandos-Rius 2016, pp. 167–168.
- ^ ISBN 9781857431834.
- ^ a b Banks, Day & Muller 2016, p. 167.
- ^ Banks, Day & Muller 2016, p. 164.
- ^ "U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 1999 - Central African Republic". US Department of State. 25 February 2000. Retrieved 2 November 2016 – via Refworld.
- ^ a b "Centrafrique : décès de l'ex-Premier ministre et opposant Timothée Malendoma". rfi Afrique (in French). 14 December 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "CNN Live Saturday". CNN. 6 March 2004.
- ^ a b Bradshaw & Fandos-Rius 2016, p. 270.
References
- Banks, Arthur S.; Day, Alan J.; Muller, Thomas C. (2016). Political Handbook of the World 1998. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-349-14951-3.
- Bradshaw, Richard; Fandos-Rius, Juan (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-81087-991-1.