Events in the year 2019 in the

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to Central African Republic–Chad border, the north, Sudan to Central African Republic–Sudan border, the northeast, South Sudan to Central ...

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President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Faustin-Archange Touadéra Faustin-Archange Touadéra (; born 21 April 1957) is a Central African politician and academic who has been President of the Central African Republic since March 2016. He previously was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from Janu ...

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Simplice Sarandji Simplice Sarandji (born 4 April 1955) is a Central African politician who has served as the President of the National Assembly of the Central African Republic since 5 May 2021. He previously served as the Prime Minister of Central African Republ ...

(until February 27);

Firmin Ngrébada Firmin Ngrébada (born 24 May 1968) is a Central African politician who served as Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 25 February 2019 to 15 June 2021. He was appointed after a peace deal was signed between the government and 14 ...

onwards

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Battle of Bakouma From December 2018 to January 2019 heavy clashes took place in Bakouma Bakouma is a sub-prefecture in the prefecture of Mbomou in Central African Republic. The area is known for its prosperity of mineral resources which have for a long time r ...

'' * Diamville, the Russian owned, diamond and gold trading company, affiliated with the Russian private military company

Wagner Group The Wagner Group (), officially known as PMC Wagner (, ), is a Russian state-funded private military company (PMC) controlled 2023 Wagner Group plane crash, until 2023 by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a former close ally of Russia's president Vladimir Pu ...

is established. * January –

January 2019 Bambari clashes In January 2019, a series of clashes occurred in the town of Bambari in the Central African Republic between Union for Peace in the Central African Republic (UPC) rebels against government and United Nations Peacekeeping forces. The clashes cumul ...

*January 24 – The Ministry of Health declared a national

measles Measles (probably from Middle Dutch or Middle High German ''masel(e)'', meaning "blemish, blood blister") is a highly contagious, Vaccine-preventable diseases, vaccine-preventable infectious disease caused by Measles morbillivirus, measles v ...

epidemic. Between February 2019 and January 2020, 3,600 people were infected while 53 others died. *May 21 –

2019 Ouham-Pendé killings On 21 May 2019 at least 46 unarmed civilians were killed by rebels from Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation armed group in Ouham-Pendé prefecture in the Central African Republic including at least 32 in Koundjili and Lemouna and nine in Bohong. ...

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* February 17 –

Joseph Akouissone Joseph Akouissonne (1 January 1943 – 15 February 2019) was a Central African film director, actor, and journalist. Biography Early life and education Akouissone was born in Bangassou in 1943. He completed his secondary studies at the Lycée ...

, 76, filmmaker and journalist.

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* {{Year in Africa, 2019 2010s in the Central African Republic Years of the 21st century in the Central African Republic

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