Charles Armel Doubane

Charles-Armel Doubane (born 12 November 1966) is a Central African politician and diplomat who has been Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic since 2016. He previously served as Minister of Education from 2006 to 2008 and as Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2011 to 2013.

After standing unsuccessfully as a candidate in the 2015 presidential election, he was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs by President Faustin-Archange Touadera on 11 April 2016.

Doubane was born at Zemio in 1966. He is a graduate of the French “Ecole Nationale d’Administration” (ENA), of the Hague Academy of International Law, and of the University of Paris XI with a DEA in Public Law.

Under President Ange-Félix Patassé, Doubane was appointed to the government as Minister for Relations with Parliament on 18 February 1997, serving in that post until 1999. In the November 1998 parliamentary election, he was elected to the National Assembly of the Central African Republic as a candidate of the Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ADP) in Zemio constituency, receiving 67.58% of the vote. Speaking in January 1999, Doubane expressed concern about the presence in his constituency of Congolese soldiers who had fled across the border from Gbadolite to Zemio due to rebel attacks. He complained that the soldiers were abusing the population and urged the government to take action to get them out of the town.

Later, under Patassé's successor, François Bozizé, Doubane was Diplomatic Advisor to the President. He was again appointed to the government as Minister of National Education, Literacy, Higher Education, and Research on 31 January 2006. He served in that post until January 2008.

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