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1975-NOV-25
Polity Timeline
CENTRAL-AFRICAN
Flag or logo changes:
1900-01-01:
UPPER UBANGI Province
(Abiras)
- UPPER UBANGI
1941-06-05:
Free UBANGI-SHARI Territory
(Bangui)
- UBANGI-SHARI
1944-08-25:
UBANGI-SHARI Territory
(Bangui)
- UBANGI-SHARI
1958-11-28:
UBANGI-SHARI Overseas Territory [Government Council]
(Bangui)
- UBANGI-SHARI
1958-12-01:
Autonomous Central African Republic : CAR
(Bangui)
- CENTRAL-AFRICAN
1976-12-04:
CENTRAL AFRICAN Empire
(Bangui
a
+ Berengo
r
)
- CENTRAL-AFRICA
1979-09-21:
CENTRAL AFRICAN Republic [French Military Assistance]
(Bangui)
- CENTRAL-AFRICA
Emblem or Symbol changes:
1900-01-01:
UPPER UBANGI Province
(Abiras)
- UPPER UBANGI
1906-02-11:
UBANGI-SHARI-CHAD Colony [French Sudan]
(Fort of Possel)
- UBANGI-SHARI-CHAD
1916-04-12:
UBANGI-SHARI Colony
(Bangui)
- UBANGI-SHARI
1922-01-01:
UBANGI-SHARI Colony
(Bangui)
- UBANGI-SHARI
1931-01-01:
UBANGI-SHARI Colony
(Bangui)
- UBANGI-SHARI
1941-06-05:
Free UBANGI-SHARI Territory
(Bangui)
- UBANGI-SHARI
1946-10-27:
French Overseas Territory of UBANGI-SHARI
(Bangui)
- UBANGI-SHARI
1958-11-28:
UBANGI-SHARI Overseas Territory [Government Council]
(Bangui)
- UBANGI-SHARI
1958-12-01:
Autonomous Central African Republic : CAR
(Bangui)
- CENTRAL-AFRICAN
1963-05-17:
Central African Republic : CAR
(Bangui)
- CENTRAL-AFRICAN
1976-12-04:
CENTRAL AFRICAN Empire
(Bangui
a
+ Berengo
r
)
- CENTRAL-AFRICA
1977-01-01:
CENTRAL AFRICAN Empire
(Bangui
a
+ Berengo
r
)
- CENTRAL-AFRICA
1979-01-01:
CENTRAL AFRICAN Empire
(Bangui
a
+ Berengo
r
)
- CENTRAL-AFRICA
1979-09-21:
CENTRAL AFRICAN Republic [French Military Assistance]
(Bangui)
- CENTRAL-AFRICA
Sovereignty changes:
1900-01-01:
FRANCE
1940-06-22:
FRANCE
+
1940-08-29:
FREE FRANCE
1958-11-28:
FRANCE
+
FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA
+
1958-12-01:
CENTRAL-AFRICAN
+
FRANCE
+
FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA
+
1960-08-13:
CENTRAL-AFRICAN
1979-09-20:
CENTRAL-AFRICA
+
FRANCE
+
1997-02-12:
AFRICAN UNITY
+
CENTRAL-AFRICA
+
FRANCE
+
1998-03-27:
CENTRAL-AFRICA
+
UNITED NATIONS
+
2000-02-15:
CENTRAL-AFRICA
2002-10-25:
CENTRAL-AFRICA
+
FRANCE
+
EMCCA
+
2008-07-12:
CENTRAL-AFRICA
+
FRANCE
+
ECCAS
+
2012-12-20:
CENTRAL-AFRICA
+
FRANCE
+
CHAD
+
ECCAS
+
2013-08-01:
AFRICAN UNION
+
CENTRAL-AFRICA
+
FRANCE
+
CHAD
+
ECCAS
+
2014-01-16:
AFRICAN UNION
+
CENTRAL-AFRICA
+
FRANCE
+
RWANDA
+
CHAD
+
ECCAS
+
2014-04-10:
AFRICAN UNION
+
CENTRAL-AFRICA
+
FRANCE
+
RWANDA
+
CHAD
+
UNITED NATIONS
+
ECCAS
+
2014-04-16:
AFRICAN UNION
+
CENTRAL-AFRICA
+
FRANCE
+
RWANDA
+
UNITED NATIONS
+
ECCAS
+
2015-05-25:
AFRICAN UNION
+
CENTRAL-AFRICA
+
FRANCE
+
UNITED NATIONS
+
ECCAS
+
2016-04-19:
AFRICAN UNION
+
CENTRAL-AFRICA
+
EUROPEAN UNION
+
FRANCE
+
UNITED NATIONS
+
ECCAS
+
2017-12-14:
AFRICAN UNION
+
CENTRAL-AFRICA
+
EUROPEAN UNION
+
FRANCE
+
RUSSIA
+
UNITED NATIONS
+
ECCAS
+
2022-12-15:
AFRICAN UNION
+
CENTRAL-AFRICA
+
EUROPEAN UNION
+
RUSSIA
+
UNITED NATIONS
+
ECCAS
+
Capital Local Name changes:
1900-01-01:
Les Abiras
1906-02-11:
Fort-de-Possel
1906-12-11:
Bangui
1976-12-04:
Bangui + Berengo
1979-09-21:
Bangui
Local Name of Country changes:
1900-01-01:
HAUT-OUBANGUI
1903-12-29:
OUBANGUI-CHARI
1906-02-11:
OUBANGUI-CHARI-TCHAD
1916-04-12:
OUBANGUI-CHARI
1958-12-01:
CENTRAFRICAINE
1976-12-04:
CENTRAFRIQUE
Status changes:
1900-01-01:
UPPER UBANGI Province
1903-12-29:
Colony of UBANGI-SHARI Territory
1906-02-11:
UBANGI-SHARI-CHAD Colony [French Sudan]
1916-04-12:
UBANGI-SHARI Colony
1934-06-13:
UBANGI-SHARI Region
1937-12-31:
UBANGI-SHARI Overseas Territory
1940-08-29:
Free UBANGI-SHARI Territory
1944-08-25:
UBANGI-SHARI Territory
1946-10-27:
French Overseas Territory of UBANGI-SHARI
1957-05-14:
UBANGI-SHARI Overseas Territory [Government Council]
1958-12-01:
Autonomous Central African Republic : CAR
1960-08-13:
Central African Republic : CAR
1976-09-04:
CENTRAL AFRICAN Revolution Council
1976-12-04:
CENTRAL AFRICAN Empire
1979-09-20:
CENTRAL AFRICAN Empire [French Military Assistance]
1979-09-21:
CENTRAL AFRICAN Republic [French Military Assistance]
1981-06-01:
Central African Republic : CAR
1981-09-01:
Central African Republic : CAR [Military Committee of National Recovery]
1985-09-21:
Central African Republic : CAR
1996-04-18:
Central African Republic : CAR [French Military Assistance]
1997-02-12:
Central African Republic : CAR [Interafrican Mission for the Surveillance of the Bangui Agreements-MISAB]
1998-03-27:
Central African Republic : CAR [United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic-MINURCA]
2000-02-15:
Central African Republic : CAR
2002-10-25:
Central African Republic : CAR [Multinational Force in Central Africa-FOMUC]
2008-07-12:
Central African Republic : CAR [Mission for the Consolidation of Peace in Central African Republic-MICOPAX of Fomac]
2013-08-01:
Central African Republic : CAR [African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic-AFISM-CAR]
2013-12-05:
Central African Republic : CAR [African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic-AFISM-CAR – French Military Assistance]
2014-04-10:
Central African Republic : CAR [United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic-UNISMCAR – French Military Assistance]
2016-10-31:
Central African Republic : CAR [United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic-UNISMCAR]
Ruler changes:
1958-08-22:
UBANGI-SHARI Overseas Territory [Government Council]
(Bangui)
-
Abel Goumba
(Abel Nguéndé Goumba)
1958-12-01:
Autonomous Central African Republic : CAR
(Bangui)
-
Abel Goumba
(Abel Nguéndé Goumba)
1958-12-08:
Autonomous Central African Republic : CAR
(Bangui)
-
Barthelemy Boganda
(Barthélemy Boganda)
1959-03-29:
Autonomous Central African Republic : CAR
(Bangui)
-
Abel Goumba
(Abel Nguéndé Goumba)
1959-05-01:
Autonomous Central African Republic : CAR
(Bangui)
-
David Dacko
(David Dacko)
1960-08-14:
Central African Republic : CAR
(Bangui)
-
President David Dacko
(Président David Dacko)
1966-01-01:
Central African Republic : CAR
(Bangui)
-
President Jean-Bedel Bokassa
(Président Jean-Bédel Bokassa)
1976-10-17:
CENTRAL AFRICAN Revolution Council
(Bangui)
-
President Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa
(Président Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa)
1976-12-04:
CENTRAL AFRICAN Empire
(Bangui
a
+ Berengo
r
)
-
Emperor Bokassa I
(Empereur Bokassa I)
1979-09-20:
CENTRAL AFRICAN Empire [French Military Assistance]
(Bangui
a
+ Berengo
r
)
-
President David Dacko
(Président David Dacko)
1981-09-01:
Central African Republic : CAR [Military Committee of National Recovery]
(Bangui)
-
Andre-Dieudonne Kolingba
(André-Dieudonné Kolingba)
1985-09-21:
Central African Republic : CAR
(Bangui)
-
President Andre-Dieudonne Kolingba
(Président André-Dieudonné Kolingba)
1993-10-22:
Central African Republic : CAR
(Bangui)
-
President Ange-Felix Patasse
(Président Ange-Félix Patassé)
2003-03-15:
Central African Republic : CAR [Multinational Force in Central Africa-FOMUC]
(Bangui)
-
President Francois Bozize
(Président François Bozizé Yangouvonda)
2013-03-24:
Central African Republic : CAR [Mission for the Consolidation of Peace in Central African Republic-MICOPAX of Fomac]
(Bangui)
-
President Michel Djotodia
(Président Michel Am-Nondokro Djotodia)
2014-01-10:
Central African Republic : CAR [African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic-AFISM-CAR – French Military Assistance]
(Bangui)
-
Alexandre-Ferdinand Nguendet
(Alexandre-Ferdinand N´Guendet)
2014-01-20:
Central African Republic : CAR [African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic-AFISM-CAR – French Military Assistance]
(Bangui)
-
President Catherine Samba-Panza
(Présidente Catherine Samba-Panza)
2016-03-30:
Central African Republic : CAR [United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic-UNISMCAR – French Military Assistance]
(Bangui)
-
President Faustin-Archange Touadera
(Président Faustin-Archange Touadéra)