Jean-Luc Mandaba was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 25 October 1993 to 12 April 1995 under President Ange-Felix Patasse.
10 Facts About Jean-Luc Mandaba
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Jean-Luc Mandaba studied nursing in Brazzaville and received a diploma in 1963.
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Jean-Luc Mandaba joined the civil service as a sanitary hygiene inspector in 1965.
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Jean-Luc Mandaba then specialized in surgery and obtained a general surgery degree from the University of Paris VI in 1976.
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Jean-Luc Mandaba returned to the Central African Republic and established a pediatric service at the National Hospital in Bangui.
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Jean-Luc Mandaba won acclaim as a surgeon and was appointed Minister of Health in 1980, serving until 1981.
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Jean-Luc Mandaba served as vice president of the MPLC before becoming Prime Minister.
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Jean-Luc Mandaba was forced to resign as Prime Minister in April 1995 to preempt a threatened vote of no-confidence in the government following accusations of corruption and incompetence.
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Jean-Luc Mandaba's family claimed that Mandaba was in fact poisoned at the dinner party, as he supposedly was thought to be planning a coup to overthrow Patasse.
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Jean-Luc Mandaba performed a final surgery hours before he died.