Barthélemy Boganda
✓ Source-basedfalling1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic autonomous territory (1910-1959)
Barthélemy Boganda 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.
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A 1994 Central African stamp depicting the ordination of Father Barthélemy Boganda alongside Monsignor Marcel Grandin.
Boganda backed the widely-criticised economic plan proposed by Roger Guérillot (pictured), damaging his own reputation.
Boganda (right) receiving French Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle in Brazzaville in August 1958 to discuss the political future of Oubangui-Chari
Boganda's funeral was held outside the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Bangui (pictured on a 1964 stamp).![The Central African Republic released this postage stamp featuring Boganda flanked by the national flag on 1 December 1959. Intended to commemorate Boganda, it was designed by Pierre Gandon.[116]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Boganda_1959_stamp.jpg/330px-Boganda_1959_stamp.jpg)
The Central African Republic released this postage stamp featuring Boganda flanked by the national flag on 1 December 1959. Intended to commemorate Boganda, it was designed by Pierre Gandon.[116]Awards 1
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Barthélemy Boganda 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.
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