January 2017
Refugee camp M’poko closed at the airport in Bangui. 20 000 people that lived at the camp have to go back to where they came from four years ago. Security or stability in the country was still not established.
17th of November 2016
Brussels hosts an international conference for the Central African Republic with the country’s president Faustin-Archange Touadéra in attendance
30th of March 2016
Faustin-Archange Touadéra elected new president of CAR.
21st of December 2012
The summit of the Economic Community of Central African States decides on the establishment of Multinational Force for Central Africa (FOMAC) and its missions
12th of December 2012
Establishment of rebel coalition Séléka
12th of June 2011
Government and rebels sign the Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace
23rd of January 2011
Re-election of Bozizé as president
1st of December 2010
Rehabilitation of Jean Bédel Bokassa on the 50th anniversary of the declaration of independence
November 2010
Jean-Pierre Bemba is tried for crimes relative to the coup d’état against Patassé in 2002-3 at the International Criminal Court
October 2010
CAR joins forces with DRC, Uganda and areas of Southern Sudan in the fight against the Lord’s Resistance Army
May 2010
End of operation Minurca
February 2010
International human rights groups call for investigation of the alleged torturing and killing of the rebel leader Charles Massi
30th of October 2009
The return of former president Patassé from exile in Togo
21st of August 2009
President Bozizé establishes the Kwa Na Kwa Party (Work, Nothing but Work)
July 2009
More floods in Bangui, which leave 11 000 people homeless
February 2009
More raids by the Lord’s Resistance Army units from Uganda
29th of September 2008
General Amnesty of people jailed since 1999
9th of May 2008
New peace treaties signed in Bangui between the CAR government and the rebels
February 2008
CAR invaded by Lord’s Resistance Army units of Joseph Kony from their bases in Uganda
May 2007
The International Criminal Court announces their plan to start an investigation relative to war crimes committed during the unsuccessful coup d’état against Patassé in 2002-3
3rd of February 2007
A peace treaty signed in Libya between government of CAR and the rebels
30th of November 2006
Two cities in the north controlled by the rebels are bombed by the French army
30th of October 2006
Birao, North-Eastern part of CAR is occupied by the rebels
29th of August 2006
Former president Patassé in his absence sentenced to 20 years of hard labor (lives in exile in Togo)
June 2006
According to the UN 33 people are killed in rebel attacks
August 2005
Extensive floods in the state capital Bangui, which left 22 500 people homeless
June 2005
Conflict in the north forces thousands of people to flee into the neighboring Chad – do you know what this is about?
8th of May 2005
General Bozizé wins presidential elections
5th of December 2004
Acceptance of referendum on new constitution
15th of March 2003
Successful coup d’état by General François Bozizé, who immediately declares himself to be the president in the absence of the removed country’s leader Patassé
4th of July 2002
Aviation tragedy of Congo’s Prestige Airlines Boeing 707 Bangui (20 dead)
July 2001
Based on the initiative of Kofi Annan a special UN ambassador is sent to CAR with the objective to mediate a treaty between the government and the rebels
28th of May 2001
A coup d’état attempt headed by the former president Kolingba; reverted with the help of Libya and Chad, soldiers and Congo rebels (20 dead)
23rd of March 2001
Three Central African diplomats are kidnapped in Ivory Coast by students for the government’s failure to pay for their studies
March 2001
Start of dispute between CAR and Cameroon
20th of August 2000
Libyan ambassador murdered in Bangui while Patassé is on a state visit to Libya.
February 2000
End of operation Minurca
19th of September 1999
Ange-Félix Patassé re-elected as president
April 1998
MISAB replaced by a UN mission called Minurca
12th of February 1997
French military intervention from the spring of 1996 replaced by MISAB (African Mission to Monitor the Implementation of the Bangui Agreements)
November 1996
Further unrests among soldiers
3rd or 4th of November 1996
Death of Jean-Bédel Bokassa (Freed in 1993 as part of a national amnesty)
April-May 1996
Unrests in the army due to unpaid salaries, strikes suppressed with French intervention
12th of January 1994
Devaluation of the Central African franc (CFA)
19th of September 1993
Ange-Félix Patassé wins the presidential elections (after 1992 elections, which were canceled due to extensive irregularities); Kolingba releases thousands of political prisoners incl. ex-president Bokassa
1991
More political parties outlawed
July 1989
Benin representatives are holding talks about the request by president Kolingba to detain and surrender some of the Central African political representatives; however, upon their arrival at CAR they are arrested
12th of June 1987
Bokassa sentenced for second time, for 14 convictions (embezzlement, murder) again receives the death penalty; a year later the sentence is reduced to life term and then to 10 years of jail time.
6th-7th February 1987
Establishment of governing Central Democratic Party
29th of November 1986
Presidential elections, which are won by General André Kolingba
21st of November 1986
Acceptance of referendum on new constitution
24th of October 1986
The return of Jean Bédel Bokassa to CAR from refugee destinations in Ivory Coast and France and his arrest for a number of embezzlements and cannibalism convictions with the death penalty
21st of September 1985
Termination of CMRN and formation of new government with participation of citizens
14th of August 1985
Visit by Jan Paul II
3rd of March 1982
Ange-Félix Patassé leads a coup attempt
1st of September 1981
Overthrow of Dacko and the Chief of his General Staff André Kolingba (probably with consent of France and Dacko himself) takes over; country headed by National Recovery Military Committee (hereafter referred to only as CMRN)
15th of March 1981
Official presidential elections declared, which are won by David Dacko
24th of December 1980
Jean Bédel Bokassa in his absence receives the death penalty
20th of March 1980
MESAN transformed into Central African Democratic Union and declared to be the only legal party in the country
20th-21st of September 1979
During the French operation Barracuda the Emperor Bokassa I is removed and David Dacko stands at the helm of the country, Central African Republic is reinstated
18th-19th of September 1979
Bloody suppression of student demonstration, over 400 dead (with unproven aid from the French soldiers)
May 1979
France resigns on its support of Bokassa following the reports by international media about the killings of children by government soldiers
4th of December 1977
Coronation of Marshal Bokassa to become Emperor Bokassa I related with huge festivities, their financing drained quarter of the national budget, two reporters from the US are arrested in the CAR and US recalls its ambassador
4th of December 1976
During an extraordinary MESAN Congress a Central African Empire is declared
3rd February 1976
Assassination attempt on Marshal Bokassa
of March 1975
French president Valéry Giscard arrives to CAR on a state visit in an attempt to renew diplomatic and economic relations
November 1974
Coup d’état attempt performed by General Martin Lingoupou
20th of May 1974
Promotion of Colonel Bokassa to Marshal
10th of May 1974
Nationalization of private businesses and firms
2nd of March 1972
Jean Bédel Bokassa declares himself lifelong president
30th of August 1970
Agricultural reforms
11th of April 1969
Coup attempt by Colonel Alexandre Banza
1st of January 1966
Dacko ousted from power, Bokassa takes over the country, establishes a military government and names himself chairman
31st of December 1965
The coup headed by Colonel Jean Bédel Bokassa
5th of January 1964
David Dacko re-elected as the leader of the country
November 1962
CAR declared to be a single party government country (Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa, abbr. MESAN)
February 1961
Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People outlawed and its leaders are jailed
17th November 1960
Republic as a form of state is entered in the constitution; David Dacko elected the first president of the National Assembly
13th of August 1960
Declaration of Central African Republic’s independence