Henri Pouzère

Henri Pouzère (27 December 1938 – 25 February 2018) was a Central African politician and lawyer. He was appointed to the government of the Central African Republic as Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in 2013.

Henri Pouzère
Minister of Posts, Telecommunications, and New Technologies
In office
3 February 2013 – 27 January 2014
PresidentFrançois Bozizé
Michel Djotodia
Preceded byAbdou Karim Meckassoua
Succeeded byAbdallah Kadre Hassan
Personal details
Born(1938-12-27)December 27, 1938
Yétomane, Ouaka, Ubangi-Shari (now the present-day Central African Republic)
Died25 February 2018(2018-02-25) (aged 79)
Saint-Denis, France
SpouseRosalie Pouzère[1]
Alma materUniversity of Sorbonne-Paris I

Early life

Pouzère was born on 27 December 1938 in a village near Ippy, Yétomane.[2] He graduated from Collège Émile Gentil in 1960. Subsequently, he continued his education at Lycée Savorgnan de Brazza in Brazzaville through a Ministry of Education scholarship and finished it in 1961. Pouzère then studied political science at University of Sorbonne-Paris I. Afterward, he lived in Gabon in the mid-1980s and joined the bar association in Libreville.[1]

Political career

Pouzère ran in both the September 1999 and March 2005 presidential elections as an independent candidate,[3] receiving 4.19% of the vote in 1999[4] and 2.10% in 2005.[5] In the concurrent 2005 parliamentary election, he also ran for a seat in the National Assembly from Ippy,[6] but was defeated by Yvonne Ndjapou.[7]

As of 2007, Pouzère was coordinator of the Union of the Active Forces of the Nation (UFVN) opposition coalition.[8][9]

Following a rebellion in December 2012, a national unity government was appointed on 3 February 2013, composed of supporters of President François Bozizé, the opposition, and rebels. Pouzère was appointed to the government as Minister of Posts, Telecommunications, and New Technologies.[10] After Bozizé was ousted by the rebels in March 2013, Pouzère was retained as Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in the next government, appointed on 31 March 2013.[11][12]

Death

Pouzère died in Saint-Denis on 25 February 2018.[13] His funeral was held on 19 March 2018 in Bangui, attended by Faustin-Archange Touadéra.[2]

References
  1. Bradshaw, Richard; Rius, Juan Fandos (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic (Historical Dictionaries of Africa). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 528.
  2. ACAP, ACAP. "Obsèques officielles lundi à Bangui pour l'ancien ministre Henri Pouzère". acap.cf. Agence Centrafricane de Presse. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  3. Elections in the Central African Republic, African Elections Database.
  4. "Rapport de la Mission d'Observation des Élections Présidentielles du 19 septembre 1999" Archived 2008-06-27 at the Wayback Machine, democratie.francophonie.org (in French).
  5. "Rapport de la Mission d'Observation des Élections Présidentielle et Législatives des 13 mars et 8 mai 2005 en République Centrafricaine" Archived 2007-06-22 at the Wayback Machine, democratie.francophonie.org (in French).
  6. Results of 2005 parliamentary first round and list of candidates qualifying for the second round Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, fodem.org (in French).
  7. Results of 2005 parliamentary second round Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, batir-rca.org (in French).
  8. "L'Union des Forces Vives de la Nation récuse le choix du pasteur Isaac Zokoé" Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, Agence Centrafrique Presse, February 3, 2007 (in French).
  9. "Centrafrique/Politique : Ouverture du 3ème congrès ordinaire du Mlpc", Agence Centrafrique Presse, June 21, 2007 (in French).
  10. "Centrafrique : Le gouvernement d'union nationale est formé" Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, Xinhua, 4 February 2013 (in French).
  11. "Centrafrique : Nicolas Tiangaye présente son gouvernement d'union nationale", Jeune Afrique, 1 April 2013 (in French).
  12. "La Centrafrique pilotée par un gouvernement d'union nationale", Agence Ecofin, 1 April 2013 (in French).
  13. Centrafrique-Presse, Centrafrique-Presse. "Décès en France de Me Henri POUZERE". centrafrique-presse.over-blog.com/. Centrafrique-Presse. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
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