Auguste Mboe


Auguste Mboe, also written Auguste M'boe;, was a Central African politician, diplomat, and teacher.

Biography

Born in Bangui on 28 August 1934, Mboe worked as a teacher and joined the Central African Catholic Teachers Union. In 1962, Dacko nominated Mboe as Ambassador to the Republic of Congo, a position he served for three years. Apart from that, he also represented the Central African Republic at ECA fifth session in Léopoldville in 1963. Afterward, he was appointed as the first Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1 June 1965 to June 1970. He was then reappointed as the Ambassador to the Republic of Congo in June 1970.
Mboe was nominated as the Ambassador of the Central African Republic to the Republic of Mauritius in an unknown year. Later on, he served as the Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 1981 to 1983 and also as Ambassador to Nigeria. In 1991, he founded the Liberal Republican Party after Kolingba lifted the ban on political parties. Within the party, he served as the president until his death. He also became the vice president of the Independent Joint Electoral Commission.
Mboe died in Bangui on 11 February 2013 and was buried in Toyaka-Bodengbe, Borossé on 23 February.

Personal life

Mboe married Marie Thérèse Dobozendi, and the couple had 12 children.

Awards