Dacko, David

Central African Republic politician (b. March 24, 1930, Bouchia, Moyen Congo, French Equatorial Africa - d. Nov. 20, 2003, Yaound�, Cameroon), was twice president (1960 - 65 and 1979 - 81) of the Central African Republic and twice was removed from office by a military coup. After then president Barth�lemy Boganda died in a plane crash in March 1959, Dacko established himself in the top post, and from 1960 he headed an autocratic