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Central African President David Dacko is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General André Kolingba.
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David Dacko
President of the Central African Republic (1960–1966, 1979–1981)
David Dacko was a Central African politician who served as the first President of the Central African Republic from 14 August 1960 to 1 January 1966 and as the third President of the Central African Republic from 21 September 1979 to 1 September 1981. He also served as Prime…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1981 Central African Republic coup d'état
Deposition of David Dacko by André Kolingba
On 1 September 1981, General André Kolingba deposed President David Dacko of the Central African Republic in a bloodless coup while Dacko was away from the country traveling to an official state visit in Libya. The day after the coup a "Military Committee for National Recovery"…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
André Kolingba
Central African politician
André-Dieudonné Kolingba was a Central African politician, who was the fourth President of the Central African Republic (CAR), from 1 September 1981 until 1 October 1993. He took power from President David Dacko in a bloodless coup d'état in 1981 and lost power to Ange-Félix…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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