Timothée Malendoma
| Timothée Malendoma | |
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| Prime Minister of Central African Republic | |
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In office 4 December 1992 – 26 February 1993 |
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| President | André Kolingba |
| Preceded by | Edouard Frank |
| Succeeded by | Enoch Derant Lakoué |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1935 |
| Died | 12 December 2010 |
| Political party | Civic Forum |
Timothée Malendoma (1935 – 2010) was a Central African politician who served as the Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 4 December 1992 to 26 February 1993. He was the President of the Civic Forum party.
Timothée Malendoma was born in Dekou (now in the Central African Republic) in 1935, joining the French Army in 1953. After fighting for France in the First Indochina War, he was trained as a military administrator in Montpellier.
He was chosen by President Jean-Bédel Bokassa to become Minister of the National Economy in January 1966, and spent his time attempting to shut down diamond smuggling. However, the following year the influence of the smugglers proved too great and he was removed from his post. He returned to politics on 27 September 1979 when he was named Minister of State in the government of President David Dacko. He later formed his own political party in 1990.
Under Malendoma's leadership, the Civic Forum party participated in the "grand national debate" initiated by President André Kolingba in 1992, although such participation was opposed by the Consultative Group of Democratic Forces, an opposition coalition of which the Civic Forum was a member, which resulting in a suspension of the party by the coalition. On 4 December 1992, Malendoma was appointed as Prime Minister of the Central African Republic by Kolingba to succeed Edouard Frank; however, in February 1993, Kolingba accused Malendoma of "blocking the democratic process" and dismissed him. Malendoma was the candidate of the Civic Forum in the August 1993 presidential election, receiving 2.03% of the vote and taking sixth place.
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