“Starting today, I am the president of all Central Africans, without exclusion,”
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Catherine Samba-Panza
Catherine Samba-Panza is a Central African politician who served as Transitional President of the Central African Republic from 2014 to 2016. She was the first woman to serve as head of state in the Central African Republic. Prior to her tenure as acting president, she was the Mayor of Bangui from 2013 to 2014.
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politics · Central African lawyer and politician (born 1954) · politician · lawyer · jurist · also Catherine Samba-Panza, Samba-Panza
Born 26 June 1954 · Q15633683
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I call on my children, especially the anti-balaka, to put down their arms and stop all the fighting. The same goes for the ex-Séléka – they should not have fear. I don't want to hear any more talk of murders and killings. Starting today, I am the president of all Central Africans, without exclusion.
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2026· 2 entries
“I call on my children, especially the anti-balaka, to put down their arms and stop all the fighting. The same goes for the ex-Séléka – they should not have fear. I don't want to hear any more talk of murders and killings. Starting today, I am the president of all Central Africans, without exclusion.”
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2016· 1 entry
“The process of peace and pacification is a work that requires long breath, like a marathon”
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2014· 2 entries
Global Voices Online: Catherine Samba-Panza, Mayor of Bangui, Elected as Transitional President of Central African Republic
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Career landmark: President of the Central African Republic (2014–2016).
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2013· 2 entries
After the city was devastated by the Central African Republic Civil War
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Career landmark: Mayor of Bangui (2013–2016).
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2003· 2 entries
To serve as the vice president of a national reconciliation conference, and she was then chosen as president of the subsequent committee to implement the conference's recommendations
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When she was named the vice president of a national reconciliation conference by President François Bozizé after he seized power in a coup
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1998· 1 entry
Samba-Panza married her second husband, Cyriaque Samba-Panza, a former CAR government official whom Jeune Afrique described as a "well-known political figure" within the country
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1994· 3 entries
“I call on my children, especially the anti-balaka, to put down their arms and stop all the fighting. The same goes for the ex-Seleka - they should not have fear. I don't want to hear any more talk of murders and killings. Starting today, I am the president of all Central Africans, without exclusion.”
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“Girls have to get much more interested in public matters, in international matters, and [they must] affirm themselves by making frank, open, honest commitments in the area of the protection of women’s rights, in the area of politics and in all other sectors. Sometimes when women are questioned on this or that subject, we are less informed than the boys.”
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“Violence is in the mind and on the hearts of our [Central African Republic] population for many, many years. The process of peace and pacification is a work that requires long breath, like a marathon.”
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1984· 1 entry
Returned to Bangui to join the staff of the Cantral African state-owned insurance company, SIRIRI
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1954· 1 entry
Born 1954-06-26.
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