2020-MAR-30

Polity Timeline
CENTRAL-AFRICA

Flag or logo changes:

1900-01-01:

UPPER UBANGI Province

(Abiras)

- UPPER UBANGI

1941-06-05:

Free UBANGI-SHARI Territory

(Bangui)

- UBANGI-SHARI

1944-08-25:

UBANGI-SHARI Territory

(Bangui)

- UBANGI-SHARI

1958-11-28:

UBANGI-SHARI Overseas Territory [Government Council]

(Bangui)

- UBANGI-SHARI

1958-12-01:

Autonomous Central African Republic : CAR

(Bangui)

- CENTRAL-AFRICAN

1976-12-04:

CENTRAL AFRICAN Empire

(Bangui ^a + Berengo ^r)

- CENTRAL-AFRICA

1979-09-21:

CENTRAL AFRICAN Republic [French Military Assistance]

(Bangui)

- CENTRAL-AFRICA

Emblem or Symbol changes:

1900-01-01:

UPPER UBANGI Province

(Abiras)

- UPPER UBANGI

1906-02-11:

UBANGI-SHARI-CHAD Colony [French Sudan]

(Fort of Possel)

- UBANGI-SHARI-CHAD

1916-04-12:

UBANGI-SHARI Colony

(Bangui)

- UBANGI-SHARI

1922-01-01:

UBANGI-SHARI Colony

(Bangui)

- UBANGI-SHARI

1931-01-01:

UBANGI-SHARI Colony

(Bangui)

- UBANGI-SHARI

1941-06-05:

Free UBANGI-SHARI Territory

(Bangui)

- UBANGI-SHARI

1946-10-27:

French Overseas Territory of UBANGI-SHARI

(Bangui)

- UBANGI-SHARI

1958-11-28:

UBANGI-SHARI Overseas Territory [Government Council]

(Bangui)

- UBANGI-SHARI

1958-12-01:

Autonomous Central African Republic : CAR

(Bangui)

- CENTRAL-AFRICAN

1963-05-17:

Central African Republic : CAR

(Bangui)

- CENTRAL-AFRICAN

1976-12-04:

CENTRAL AFRICAN Empire

(Bangui ^a + Berengo ^r)

- CENTRAL-AFRICA

1977-01-01:

CENTRAL AFRICAN Empire

(Bangui ^a + Berengo ^r)

- CENTRAL-AFRICA

1979-01-01:

CENTRAL AFRICAN Empire

(Bangui ^a + Berengo ^r)

- CENTRAL-AFRICA

1979-09-21:

CENTRAL AFRICAN Republic [French Military Assistance]

(Bangui)

- CENTRAL-AFRICA

Sovereignty changes:

1900-01-01:

FRANCE

1940-06-22:

FRANCE +

1940-08-29:

FREE FRANCE

1958-11-28:

FRANCE +

FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA +

1958-12-01:

CENTRAL-AFRICAN +

FRANCE +

FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA +

1960-08-13:

CENTRAL-AFRICAN

1979-09-20:

CENTRAL-AFRICA +

FRANCE +

1997-02-12:

AFRICAN UNITY +

CENTRAL-AFRICA +

FRANCE +

1998-03-27:

CENTRAL-AFRICA +

UNITED NATIONS +

2000-02-15:

CENTRAL-AFRICA

2002-10-25:

CENTRAL-AFRICA +

FRANCE +

EMCCA +

2008-07-12:

CENTRAL-AFRICA +

FRANCE +

ECCAS +

2012-12-20:

CENTRAL-AFRICA +

FRANCE +

CHAD +

ECCAS +

2013-08-01:

AFRICAN UNION +

CENTRAL-AFRICA +

FRANCE +

CHAD +

ECCAS +

2014-01-16:

AFRICAN UNION +

CENTRAL-AFRICA +

FRANCE +

RWANDA +

CHAD +

ECCAS +

2014-04-10:

AFRICAN UNION +

CENTRAL-AFRICA +

FRANCE +

RWANDA +

CHAD +

UNITED NATIONS +

ECCAS +

2014-04-16:

AFRICAN UNION +

CENTRAL-AFRICA +

FRANCE +

RWANDA +

UNITED NATIONS +

ECCAS +

2015-05-25:

AFRICAN UNION +

CENTRAL-AFRICA +

FRANCE +

UNITED NATIONS +

ECCAS +

2016-04-19:

AFRICAN UNION +

CENTRAL-AFRICA +

EUROPEAN UNION +

FRANCE +

UNITED NATIONS +

ECCAS +

2017-12-14:

AFRICAN UNION +

CENTRAL-AFRICA +

EUROPEAN UNION +

FRANCE +

RUSSIA +

UNITED NATIONS +

ECCAS +

2022-12-15:

AFRICAN UNION +

CENTRAL-AFRICA +

EUROPEAN UNION +

RUSSIA +

UNITED NATIONS +

ECCAS +

Capital Local Name changes:

1900-01-01:

Les Abiras

1906-02-11:

Fort-de-Possel

1906-12-11:

Bangui

1976-12-04:

Bangui + Berengo

1979-09-21:

Bangui

Local Name of Country changes:

1900-01-01:

HAUT-OUBANGUI

1903-12-29:

OUBANGUI-CHARI

1906-02-11:

OUBANGUI-CHARI-TCHAD

1916-04-12:

OUBANGUI-CHARI

1958-12-01:

CENTRAFRICAINE

1976-12-04:

CENTRAFRIQUE

Status changes:

1900-01-01:

UPPER UBANGI Province

1903-12-29:

Colony of UBANGI-SHARI Territory

1906-02-11:

UBANGI-SHARI-CHAD Colony [French Sudan]

1916-04-12:

UBANGI-SHARI Colony

1934-06-13:

UBANGI-SHARI Region

1937-12-31:

UBANGI-SHARI Overseas Territory

1940-08-29:

Free UBANGI-SHARI Territory

1944-08-25:

UBANGI-SHARI Territory

1946-10-27:

French Overseas Territory of UBANGI-SHARI

1957-05-14:

UBANGI-SHARI Overseas Territory [Government Council]

1958-12-01:

Autonomous Central African Republic : CAR

1960-08-13:

Central African Republic : CAR

1976-09-04:

CENTRAL AFRICAN Revolution Council

1976-12-04:

CENTRAL AFRICAN Empire

1979-09-20:

CENTRAL AFRICAN Empire [French Military Assistance]

1979-09-21:

CENTRAL AFRICAN Republic [French Military Assistance]

1981-06-01:

Central African Republic : CAR

1981-09-01:

Central African Republic : CAR [Military Committee of National Recovery]

1985-09-21:

Central African Republic : CAR

1996-04-18:

Central African Republic : CAR [French Military Assistance]

1997-02-12:

Central African Republic : CAR [Interafrican Mission for the Surveillance of the Bangui Agreements-MISAB]

1998-03-27:

Central African Republic : CAR [United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic-MINURCA]

2000-02-15:

Central African Republic : CAR

2002-10-25:

Central African Republic : CAR [Multinational Force in Central Africa-FOMUC]

2008-07-12:

Central African Republic : CAR [Mission for the Consolidation of Peace in Central African Republic-MICOPAX of Fomac]

2013-08-01:

Central African Republic : CAR [African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic-AFISM-CAR]

2013-12-05:

Central African Republic : CAR [African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic-AFISM-CAR – French Military Assistance]

2014-04-10:

Central African Republic : CAR [United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic-UNISMCAR – French Military Assistance]

2016-10-31:

Central African Republic : CAR [United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic-UNISMCAR]

Ruler changes:

1958-08-22:

UBANGI-SHARI Overseas Territory [Government Council]

(Bangui)

- Abel Goumba
(Abel Nguéndé Goumba)

1958-12-01:

Autonomous Central African Republic : CAR

(Bangui)

- Abel Goumba
(Abel Nguéndé Goumba)

1958-12-08:

Autonomous Central African Republic : CAR

(Bangui)

- Barthelemy Boganda
(Barthélemy Boganda)

1959-03-29:

Autonomous Central African Republic : CAR

(Bangui)

- Abel Goumba
(Abel Nguéndé Goumba)

1959-05-01:

Autonomous Central African Republic : CAR

(Bangui)

- David Dacko
(David Dacko)

1960-08-14:

Central African Republic : CAR

(Bangui)

- President David Dacko
(Président David Dacko)

1966-01-01:

Central African Republic : CAR

(Bangui)

- President Jean-Bedel Bokassa
(Président Jean-Bédel Bokassa)

1976-10-17:

CENTRAL AFRICAN Revolution Council

(Bangui)

- President Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa
(Président Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa)

1976-12-04:

CENTRAL AFRICAN Empire

(Bangui ^a + Berengo ^r)

- Emperor Bokassa I
(Empereur Bokassa I)

1979-09-20:

CENTRAL AFRICAN Empire [French Military Assistance]

(Bangui ^a + Berengo ^r)

- President David Dacko
(Président David Dacko)

1981-09-01:

Central African Republic : CAR [Military Committee of National Recovery]

(Bangui)

- Andre-Dieudonne Kolingba
(André-Dieudonné Kolingba)

1985-09-21:

Central African Republic : CAR

(Bangui)

- President Andre-Dieudonne Kolingba
(Président André-Dieudonné Kolingba)

1993-10-22:

Central African Republic : CAR

(Bangui)

- President Ange-Felix Patasse
(Président Ange-Félix Patassé)

2003-03-15:

Central African Republic : CAR [Multinational Force in Central Africa-FOMUC]

(Bangui)

- President Francois Bozize
(Président François Bozizé Yangouvonda)

2013-03-24:

Central African Republic : CAR [Mission for the Consolidation of Peace in Central African Republic-MICOPAX of Fomac]

(Bangui)

- President Michel Djotodia
(Président Michel Am-Nondokro Djotodia)

2014-01-10:

Central African Republic : CAR [African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic-AFISM-CAR – French Military Assistance]

(Bangui)

- Alexandre-Ferdinand Nguendet
(Alexandre-Ferdinand N´Guendet)

2014-01-20:

Central African Republic : CAR [African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic-AFISM-CAR – French Military Assistance]

(Bangui)

- President Catherine Samba-Panza
(Présidente Catherine Samba-Panza)

2016-03-30:

Central African Republic : CAR [United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic-UNISMCAR – French Military Assistance]

(Bangui)

- President Faustin-Archange Touadera
(Président Faustin-Archange Touadéra)