Jean-Paul Ngoupandé [SEP] position held
Jean-Paul Ngoupandé
Jean-Paul Ngoupandé (6 December 1948 – 4 May 2014) was a Central African politician who was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 1996 to 1997. He stood as a presidential candidate in 1999 and 2005, and he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2006. He was President of the National Unity Party ("Parti de l'unité nationale", PUN), an entity which he founded in the mid-1990s. He presented himself as an enemy of corruption and a defender
National Unity Party (Central African Republic)
The National Unity Party (, PUN) is a political party in the Central African Republic.
History.
The party was established in 1997. In the 1998 parliamentary elections it won three seats. In the presidential elections the following year the party nominated Jean-Paul Ngoupandé as its candidate. Ngoupandé, who had briefly served as president from June 1996 to January 1997, finished sixth out of ten candidates with 3.2% of the vote.
In the presidential elections held