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Barthélemy Boganda

1910 - 1959

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Barthélemy Boganda (c. 1910 – 29 March 1959) was a Central African politician and independence activist. Boganda was active prior to his country's independence, during the period when the area, part of French Equatorial Africa, was administered by France under the name of Oubangui-Chari. He served as the first Premier of the Central African Republic as an autonomous territory. Boganda was born into a family of farmers, and was adopted and educated by Roman Catholic missionaries after the death of his parents. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barthélemy Boganda is the 6,230th most popular politician (down from 5,614th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Central African Republic and the 4th most popular Central African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Barthélemy Boganda ranks 6,230 out of 19,576. Before him are Lucius Mummius Achaicus, Harvey Milk, En-anna-tum I, Goh Chok Tong, Juan María Bordaberry, and Hisham III of Córdoba. After him are John Henry, Margrave of Moravia, Einar Gerhardsen, Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark, Prayut Chan-o-cha, Theophylact I, Count of Tusculum, and Adherbal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Barthélemy Boganda ranks 77. Before him are Karel Zeman, John Hammond, Ruan Lingyu, Aladár Gerevich, Dorothea Tanning, and Pavel Batitsky. After him are Joy Adamson, Johan Ferrier, Nouhak Phoumsavanh, Louis Slotin, Juan Velasco Alvarado, and Hideo Shinojima. Among people deceased in 1959, Barthélemy Boganda ranks 46. Before him are Ichirō Hatoyama, Mario Lanza, Sisavang Vong, Sidney Bechet, Rudolf Caracciola, and Olga Knipper. After him are Zhang Jinghui, Grock, Elias, Duke of Parma, Edvard Eriksen, Hitoshi Ashida, and Ethel Barrymore.

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In Central African Republic

Among people born in Central African Republic, Barthélemy Boganda ranks 4 out of 22. Before him are Jean-Bédel Bokassa (1921), David Dacko (1930), and Faustin-Archange Touadéra (1957). After him are Michel Djotodia (1949), Ange-Félix Patassé (1937), André Kolingba (1936), Elisabeth Domitien (1925), Dieudonné Nzapalainga (1967), Félix Moloua (null), Abel Goumba (1926), and Nathalie Tauziat (1967).

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Among POLITICIANS In Central African Republic

Among politicians born in Central African Republic, Barthélemy Boganda ranks 4. Before him are Jean-Bédel Bokassa (1921), David Dacko (1930), and Faustin-Archange Touadéra (1957). After him are Michel Djotodia (1949), Ange-Félix Patassé (1937), André Kolingba (1936), Elisabeth Domitien (1925), Félix Moloua (null), Abel Goumba (1926), Nicolas Tiangaye (1956), and Élie Doté (1948).

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