Dacko, David

LC control no.	n 87125908
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Dacko, David *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
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)