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Michel Gbezera-Bria
Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
In office
30 January 1997 – 4 January 1999
PresidentAnge-Felix Patasse
Preceded byJean-Paul Ngoupandé
Succeeded byAnicet-Georges Dologuélé
Personal details
Born (1946-01-01) January 1, 1946 (age 78)
Bossangoa, Ubangi-Shari (now Bossangoa, Central African Republic)

Michel Gbezera-Bria (born 1 January 1946) is a Central African politician and diplomatwho was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 1997 to 1999.[1]

Early life

Gbezera-Bria was born in Bossangoa on 1 January 1946. He is a member of the Baya ethnic group. He was educated at College Emile Gentil in Bangui and studied law in Brazzaville. Gbezera-Bria later studied economics at Tnstitut d'administration publique in Caen, France.[2] He worked as a lawyer before entering politics.[3]

Political career

Jean Bedel Bokassa named Gbezera-Bria deputy minister of diplomatic and consular delegations and payment of public debt on 9 June 1975. On 4 April 1976, Gbezera-Bria was appointed deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. He became minister of public service, labor, and social security on 14 December 1976, serving until his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 18 April 1977. Gbezera-Bria served as foreign minister until 17 July 1978. Between 1980 and 1987 he was the Central African ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva and New York. Back in the Central African government, from 1988 to 1990 he was foreign minister and minister of justice. He served as private secretary to President Ange-Felix Patasse from 1995 to 17 June 1996, when he was again named foreign minister.[2]

Patasse tried to form a government of national unity and appointed Gbezera-Bria Prime Minister on 30 January 1997.[2] He formed a new "Government of Action" after a mutiny in the armed forces.[4] Charles Herve Wenezoui was named head of his cabinet.[5] Anicet Georges Dologuélé replaced him as premier 4 January 1999. Gbezera-Bria left the government and served as president of Ecobank Centafrique from 2007 to 2009. On 8 January 2015, he was appointed ambassador to France by President Catherine Samba-Panza.[2] He presented his credentials to French President François Hollande on 29 January 2015, and the two discussed the current situation in the Central African Republic.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Karatnycky 1998, p. 184
  2. ^ a b c d Bradshaw & Fandos-Rius 2016, p. 296
  3. ^ Benamsse, Joseph]] (1 February 1997). "New prime minister named in Central African Republic". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Associated Press. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  4. ^ Lea & Rowe 2001, p. 76
  5. ^ Bradshaw & Fandos-Rius 2016, p. 636
  6. ^ "Présentation des lettres de créances de SEM MICHEL GBEZERA BRIA". Embassy of Central African Republic in Paris (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2016.

References

  • Bradshaw, Richard; Fandos-Rius, Juan (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810879921.
  • Karatnycky, Adrian (1998). Freedom in the World: The Annual Survey of Political Rights & Civil Liberties 1997-1998. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7658-0476-1.
  • Lea, David; Rowe, Annamarie (2001). A Political Chronology of Africa. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1857431162.
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