Dieudonné Ndomaté
Minister of Arts, Culture and Tourism
In office
March 3, 2019 – May 11, 2021
Leader of Anti-balaka (Ngaïssona branch)
In office
January 2019 – May 11, 2021
Preceded byPatrice-Edouard Ngaïssona
Succeeded byIgor Lamaka
National coordinator of Anti-balaka
In office
2013 – January 2019
Personal details
BornBatangafo, Central African Republic
NationalityCentral African Republic

Dieudonné Ndomaté is former Minister of Arts, Culture and Tourism in the Central African Republic, and leader of Anti-balaka, arrested in 2021 for treason and later acquitted.

Life

He is a paternal uncle of Rodrigue Ngaibona alias Andjilo, another Anti-balaka general. From 2004 to 2012 he studied at University of Bangui.[1][2]

Civil war

In 2013, Ndomaté joined Anti-balaka. On 5 December 2013, he left Bouca to participate in attack on Bangui.[2] In December 2014, he was a Deputy Chief of Operations of the Anti-balaka of Boy-Rabe neighborhood in Bangui.[3] In 2015, he was National Coordinator in charge of the operations of the former Antibalaka.[4] After transfer of Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona to the International Criminal Court in January 2019, Dieudonné Ndomaté became de facto leader of the Ngaïssona branch of the Anti-balaka.[5] He was one of the signatories of 2019 peace agreement.[6] On 3 March 2019, president Touadera nominated him as a Minister of Arts, Culture and Tourism.[7]

On 28 March 2020, 16 anti-balaka members were arrested at his residence in police operation. In early April 2020, in a show of protest, he suspended his participation in the government for a few days.[8] In 2020 elections, he was an independent candidate from district Batangafo I.[5] On 15 December 2020, he joined Coalition of Patriots for Change led by former president François Bozizé.[9] On 16 December, he left Bangui towards Batangafo taking with him a few vehicles which he handed over to CPC rebels. On 11 May 2021, he was arrested in Bouca for incitement to insurrection.[10][11] On 12 May, he was transferred to Bangui and placed under arrest.[12] On 27 May 2022, after two weeks of trials he and 15 other people were acquitted of all charges due to insufficient evidence.[13]

References

  1. ↑ dieudonné ndomate on LinkedIn
  2. 1 2 ICC-01/14-01/18
  3. ↑ Centrafrique: Mgr Dieudonné Nzapalainga et les chrétiens catholiques au chevet des Anti-balaka de Boy-Rabe, 16 December 2014
  4. ↑ Tension encore visible à Bria, 12 January 2015
  5. 1 2 Letter dated 27 January 2021 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic extended pursuant to resolution 2536 (2020) addressed to the President of the Security Council
  6. ↑ "Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic". Retrieved Feb 16, 2021.
  7. ↑ En Centrafrique, 13 nouveaux ministres font leur entrée, 4 March 2019
  8. ↑ Letter dated 8 July 2020 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic extended pursuant to resolution 2507 (2020) addressed to the President of the Security Council
  9. ↑ "Centrafrique : la Déclaration des Groupes armés qui sonne le glas du régime de Bangui". 17 December 2020. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  10. ↑ RCA : Dieudonné Ndomaté, ministre et ex-chef Anti-Balaka, serait arrêté, 11 May 2021
  11. ↑ RCA : précisions sur l’arrestation de l’ex-ministre Dieudonné Ndomaté, 18 May 2021
  12. ↑ RCA : transfert à Bangui de monsieur Dieudonné Ndomaté, ministre du tourisme, arrêté dans la localité de Bouca, 12 May 2021
  13. ↑ Centrafrique : la Cour d’appel de Bangui acquitte l’ancien ministre Ndomaté et ses 15 coaccusés, 28 May 2022
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