| Tenure
| Incumbent
| Affliation
| Notes
|
| Upper Oubangui (Oubangui-Chari) French overseas territory
|
| 14 May 1957 to 8 December 1958 | Abel Goumba, Vice President of the Government Council | |
|
| 26 July 1958 to 1 December 1958 | Abel Goumba, President of the Government Council | |
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| Central African Republic | Autonomous
|
| 8 December 1958 to 29 March 1959 | Barthélémy Boganda, Prime Minister | MESAN |
|
| 30 March 1959 to 30 April 1959 | Abel Goumba, acting Prime Minister | MESAN | 1st Term
|
| 1 May 1959 to 13 August 1960 | David Dacko | MESAN |
|
| Central African Republic | Independence from France
|
| (République Centrafricaine)
|
| 13 August 1960 to 14 August 1960 | David Dacko | MESAN | (contd.)
|
| 3 January 1975 to 7 April 1976 | Elisabeth Domitien, Prime Minister | MESAN | ♀
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| Central African Empire
|
| 4 December 1976 to 8 December 1976 | | |
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| 8 December 1976 to 14 July 1978 | Ange-Félix Patassé, Prime Minister | MESAN |
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| 14 July 1978 to 20 September 1979 | Henri Maïdou, Prime Minister | MESAN |
|
| Central African Republic
|
| (République Centrafricaine) (Ködrö tî Bê-Afrîka)
|
| 20 September 1979 to 26 September 1979 | Henri Maïdou, Prime Minister | MESAN |
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| 26 September 1979 to 22 August 1980 | Bernard Ayandho, Prime Minister | MESAN/UDC |
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| 12 November 1980 to 4 April 1981 | Jean-Pierre Lebouder, Prime Minister | UDC |
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| 4 April 1981 to 1 September 1981 | Simon Narcisse Bozanga, Prime Minister | UDC |
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| 15 March 1991 to 4 December 1992 | Edouard Frank, Prime Minister | RDC |
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| 4 December 1992 to 26 February 1993 | Timothée Malendoma, Prime Minister | FC |
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| 26 February 1993 to 25 October 1993 | Enoch Derant Lakoué, Prime Minister | PSD |
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| 25 October 1993 to 12 April 1995 | Jean-Luc Mandaba, Prime Minister | MLPC |
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| 12 April 1995 to 6 June 1996 | Gabriel Koyambounou, Prime Minister | MLPC |
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| 6 June 1996 to 30 January 1997 | Jean-Paul Ngoupande, Prime Minister | PUN |
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| 30 January 1997 to 1 February 1999 | Michel Gbezera-Bria, Prime Minister | n-p |
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| 1 February 1999 to 1 April 2001 | Anicet Georges Dologuélé, Prime Minister | MLPC |
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| 1 April 2001 to 15 March 2003 | Martin Ziguélé, Prime Minister | MLPC |
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| 23 March 2003 to 12 December 2003 | Abel Goumba, Prime Minister | FPO | 2nd Term
|
| 12 December 2003 to present | Célestin Le Roi Gaombalet, Prime Minister | n-p |
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| FPO | Front Patriotique Oubanguien
|
| (Oubanguian Patriotic Front)
|
| MEDAC | Mouvement pour lÉvolution Démocratique de lAfrique Centrale
|
| (Movement for the Democratic Evolution of Central Africa) estd.1960
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| MLPC | Mouvement pour la Libération du Peuple Centrafricain
|
| (Liberation Movement of the Central African People) christian-democratic
|
| PSD | Parti Social-Démocrate
|
| (Social Democratic Party)
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| PUN | Parti dUnité nationale
|
| (National Unity Party)
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| FC | Forum Civique
|
| (Civic Forum)
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| MESAN | Mouvement dÉvolution Sociale de lAfrique Noire
|
| (Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa) only legal party Nov 1962-1981
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| RDC | Rassemblement Démocratique Centrafricain
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| (Central African Democratic Rally) authoritarian only legal party 1987-1991
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| UDC | Union Démocratique Centrafricain
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| (Central African Democratic Union)
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| Mil | Military
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| n-p | non-partisan
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