Who became the first democratically elected president of the Central African Republic after independence?

David Dacko became the first president of the Central African Republic upon its independence in 1960, but he ruled as the head of a one-party state and ran unopposed in subsequent elections.12

The first democratically elected president of the country following its independence was Ange-Félix Patassé. He assumed office after winning the country's first open, multiparty presidential elections in the early 1990s, which were held following significant public pressure against the authoritarian rule of General André Kolingba.3