Faustin-Archange Touadéra
President of the Central African Republic since 2016
Faustin-Archange Touadéra (French: [fostɛ̃ aʁkɑ̃ʒ twadeʁa]; born 21 April 1957) is a Central African politician and mathematician who has been president of the Central African Republic since March 2016, and was previously its prime minister from 2008 to 2013. He was elected to the presidency at the 2015–16 general election, in a second round of voting against former prime minister Anicet Georges Dologuélé. He was re-elected for a second term at the 2020–21 election and a third term at the 2025 Central African election, both of which took place amid low voter turnout and political violence.
Since at least 2023, Touadéra has been backed by the Wagner Group, a Russian state-sponsored private military company financing his elections and launching disinformation campaigns for him while intimidating his opponents. During his rule, which included the removal of term limits after the contested 2023 Central African constitutional referendum and the controversial 2025 general election, his government has repressed opposition in the country.
Early life
Faustin-Archange Touadéra was born in Bangui (then in Ubangi-Shari and now in the Central African Republic) on 21 April 1957, the son of a driver and a farmer. His family was originally from Damara. He received his secondary education at the Barthelemy Boganda College in Bangui and obtained a baccalaureate in 1976, before attending the University of Bangui and the University of Abidjan. He earned a doctorate in mathematics in 1986, supervised by Daniel Gourdin at the Lille University of Science and Technology (Lille I) in France, and another doctorate, also in mathematics and supervised by Marcel Dossa, at the University of Yaoundé in Cameroon in 2004.
Academic career
In 1987, Touadéra became assistant lecturer of mathematics at the University of Bangui and was vice-dean of the University's Faculty of Science from 1989 to 1992.
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