| Mohamed Mahdi Marboua | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Office: | Minister of Tourism Development and Handicrafts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term Start: | 31 January 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term End: | 2 September 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor: | Yvonne Mboissona
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| Birth Date: | 25 August 1944 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Bémal, Ubangi-Shari (now Central African Republic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Death Place: | Bordeaux, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allegiance: |  Central African Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Branch: | Central African Republic Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank: | Colonel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serviceyears: | 1968-? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colonel Mohamed Mahdi Marboua (25 August 1944 - 25 April 2020) was a Central African military officer and politician.
A Kaba native, Timothée Marboua was born in Bémal on 25 August 1944.[1] He entered the Central African Republic Air Force in 1968. He was promoted to sergeant, officer cadet on 3 January 1969, quartermaster in 1981, and colonel. He also graduated from the University of Montpellier 1 and the University of Paris II.[2]
On 1 September 1981, André Kolingba appointed Marboua as minister of economy and finances. However, Marboua and Kolibga's relationship deteriorated at the end of 1981 due to Marboua's closeness to Patasse. Several days before the coup attempt, on 17 February 1982, there was a plan to arrest Marboua for his pro-Patasse stance. He then was dismissed from the ministerial post on 4 March 1982 and moved to France.[3] [2] Returning from France, he then served as the deputy minister of budget from 8 December 1986 until 3 December 1987. Subsequently, he became the minister of trade and industry on 3 December 1987 and served it for almost four years. Afterward, he was assigned as the minister of the government's secretariat and relations with the parliament on 20 March 1991.
During Bozize's administration, he worked as Minister of Delegate for Finance and Budget (12 December 2003 - 2 September 2004), Minister Delegate for Planning, Economy, and Finance (2 September 2004 - 19 June 2005), and Minister of Tourism Development and Handicrafts (31 January 2006 - 2 September 2006). After resigning from the tourism ministry, he became the general state inspector.[4]
Marboua died in Talence, Bordeaux, France on 25 April 2020.[1]
Marboua converted to Islam in unknown year and replaced his name to Mohamed Mahdi Marboua. He also went hajj and became the member of Central African Islamic Community (CICA) where he was elected as the organization's president in 1998.