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Franois Boziz Yangouvonda is a Central African politician who was the President of the Central African Republic from 2003 to 2013.
Boziz was born in Gabon, a member of the Gbaya people, and attended a military officers training college in the Central African province of Bouar. He became a second lieutenant in 1969 and a captain in 1975. He was appointed Brigadier General by Emperor JeanBdel Bokassa in 1978, after he beat a French noncommissioned officer who had been disrespectful to the president. With General Josyhat Mayomokala, Boziz ordered military personnel to attack young demonstrators who were asking for their parents arrears. After Bokassa was ousted by David Dacko in 1979, Boziz was appointed Minister of Defense after an operation that the French army used to overthrew Dacko . Following Dackos ouster by Andr Kolingba in September 1981, Boziz was appointed Minister of Information, but fled to the north of the country with 100 soldiers after his involvement in a failed coup attempt led by AngeFlix Patass onMarch 1982, in which he accused Kolingba of treason and proclaimed the change of power on Radio Ban
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