LC control no. | n 87125908 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Dacko, David |
Associated country | Central African Republic |
Birth date | 1930-03-24 |
Death date | 2003-11-20 |
Place of death | Yaoundé (Cameroon) |
Affiliation | Mouvement d'Évolution Sociale d'Afrique Noire Union Démocratique Centrafricaine Mouvement pour la démocratie et le développement (Central African Republic) Central African Republic. Présidence de la République |
Profession or occupation | Presidents Politicians |
Found in | nuc87-90603: Pour une République unie et dynamique, 1964 (hdg. on NNC rept.: Dacko, David; usage: David Dacko) Biographie de David Dacko, c2007 (subj.) t.p. (premier président de la République Centrafricaine, 1930-2003) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed December 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Dacko, David; president, political figure, federal government official; born 24 March 1930 in presumably, Central African Republic; attended the École des Cadres in Brazzaville; became a teacher; joined Boganda in forming the Mouvement d'Évolution Sociale d'Afrique Noire (MESAN) (1951); was appointed minister of agriculture, livestock, forests, and hunting (1957- 1958); minister for administrative affairs (1958); minister of home affairs, economy, and commerce (1958-1959); head of government (1 May 1959); proclaimed the CAR independent and elected provisional president of the CAR (1960); deposed under house arrest (1965-1975); appointed a new government (1979); founded the Union Démocratique Centrafricaine (UDC); won the elections for president (1981); founded the Mouvement pour la Démocratie et le Développement (MDD) (1993); participated in the Dialogue National (Conference for National Reconciliation); died 20 November 2003 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) |