Yvonne Mboissona
{{Short description|Central African politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| name = Yvonne Mboissona
| office = Minister of Water, Forests, Hunting and Fisheries and the Environment
| term_start = 22 January 2008
| term_end = 19 January 2009
|president = François Bozizé
|primeminister = Faustin-Archange Touadéra
| predecessor = Emmanuel Bizzo
| successor = Emmanuel Bizot (as Water, Forests, Hunting, and Fishing)
François Naoueyama (as Environment and Ecology)
| office1 = Minister of Tourism Development and Handicrafts
| term_start1 = 2 September 2006
| term_end1 = 22 January 2008
|president1 = François Bozizé
|primeminister1 = Élie Doté
| predecessor1 = Mohamed Mahdi Marboua
| successor1 = Bernadette Sayo
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|6|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bouar, Ubangi-Shari (now the present-day Central African Republic)
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Union pour un mouvement populaire de Centrafrique
Kwa Na Kwa
| relatives = François Bozizé (brother)
| occupation = Politician
| alma_mater = Institut supérieur de finances bancaires
| signature =
}}
Yvonne Mboissona (born 18 June 1957), often written Yvonne Mboïssona{{cite report|author=International Crisis Group|date=9 December 2008|title=Central African Republic: Untangling the Political Dialogue|url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/sites/default/files/b55-central-african-republic-untangling-the-political-dialogue.pdf|page=4|access-date=25 August 2024}} or Yvonne M'Boïssona,{{cite book |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Richard |last2=Rius |first2=Juan Fandos |title=Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic (Historical Dictionaries of Africa) |date=2016 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham |page=440}} is a Central African politician who served as the Minister of Tourism Development and Handicrafts (2006–2008) and Minister of Water, Forests, Hunting and Fisheries and the Environment (2008–2009) during Bozize Presidency.
Early life and education
Mboissona was born in Bouar on 18 June 1957. She finished her high school at Lycée de Fatima in Bangui. Subsequently, she went to Donetsk and learned the Russian language at a preparatory school in Donetsk. Afterwards, she enrolled at Institut supérieur de finances bancaires (Higher Institute of Banking Finance) in France.
Political career
During Kolingba's presidency, Bozize was put into jail for coup attempt, and she protested it by submitting the case under the name M’Boïssona v. Central African Republic to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on 14 November 1990.
Under the Bozize administration, International Crisis Group named Mboissona as his close aide, who played an important role in Bozize's power consolidation. Mboissona returned to CAR in 2003 and was appointed as president's delegate in charge of health issues, social affairs, youth, and sports. She held a pro-Bozize rally in Lakouanga, Bangui, on 2 November 2004.{{cite web |last1=Junior |first1=Mokambo |title=UN MEETING DE SOUTIEN AU PRÉSIDENT BOZIZE A FAIT FIASCO |url=https://www.sangonet.com/afriqg/PAFF/Dic/actuC/ICAR/ActuC/meetboz-lakouangN-fia.html |website=sangonet.com |publisher=leconfident |access-date=24 August 2024}} Mboissona was elected as a member of National Assembly in 2005, representing 3rd arrondissement of Bangui.{{cite web |last1=Sango Net |first1=Sango Net |title=RESULTATS DES ELECTIONS LEGISLATIVES REPARTITIONS PAR PARTIS POLITIQUES CANDIDATS ELUS DEPUTES A L’ISSUE DU PREMIER TOUR |url=https://www.sangonet.com/actu-snews/ICAR/ActuC/elect-legisl-t1-2005C.html |website=sangonet.com |publisher=Sango Net |access-date=24 August 2024}}
In 2006, she was nominated as the Minister of Tourism Development and Handicrafts for two years. At the same year, she founded a political party that addressed HIV/AIDS and poverty issues, the Union of the Popular Movement of Central Africa, on 1 June.{{cite web |last1=Gabonews |first1=Gabonews |title=Gabon: Une femme créée son parti politique pour "défendre les intérêts" du peuple |url=https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200606010519.html |website=fr.allafrica.com |publisher=Gabonews |access-date=24 August 2024}} Later, the party joined Kwa Na Kwa. Under her tenure, a tourist complex was constructed in Monkey Island, Bangui.{{cite web |last1=APA |first1=APA |title=Un complexe touristique en construction à Bangui |url=https://planeteafrique.com/Actualites/centrafrique/Index.asp?id=344 |website=planeteafrique.com |publisher=Planete Afrique |access-date=24 August 2024}} Other than that, she privatized the Hôtel du Centre to Kruger Brent Tourism through an agreement signed on 15 December 2007, aiming to modernize and develop country's tourism sector.{{cite web |last1=Soupou |first1=J. |title=Centrafrique/Tourisme : KBT prend la gestion de l’Hôtel du Centre de Bangui |url=https://www.acap.cf/Centrafrique-Tourisme-KBT-prend-la-gestion-de-l-Hotel-du-Centre-de-Bangui_a829.html |website=acap.cf |publisher=Agence Centrafrique Presse |access-date=24 August 2024}}
Touadéra assigned her as minister of water, forestry, hunting, fisheries, and the environment on 22 January 2008, and she retained that position until January 2009. Under her tenure, she was appointed Chairman of the COMIFAC during the 5th COMIFAC Council of Ministers Session in Bangui in September 2008.{{cite web |last1=CBFP |first1=CBFP |title=Conclusions of the COMIFAC Council of Ministers (9-11 September in Bangui) |url=https://archive.pfbc-cbfp.org/news_en/items/5thsession-comcomifac.html |website=archive.pfbc-cbfp.org |publisher=Congo Basin Forest Partnership |access-date=24 August 2024}} Furthermore, she stipulated that reforestation policy was one of the ministry top priorities.{{cite web |last1=Soupou |first1=J. |title=Célébration à Sakpa de la 24ème journée nationale de l’arbre |url=https://www.acap.cf/Celebration-a-Sakpa-de-la-24eme-journee-nationale-de-l-arbre_a1349.html |website=acap.cf |publisher=Agence Centrafrique Presse |access-date=25 August 2024}} Upon the resignation of {{ill|Jean-Barkès Gombe-Ketté|fr|Jean-Barkès Gombe-Ketté}} as Mayor of Bangui, Mboissona was rumored to become his successor.{{cite web |last1=Centrafrique Presse |first1=Centrafrique Presse |title=RCA : Coup de tonnerre à la Mairie de Bangui, Jean Barkès Ngombé-Ketté limogé |url=http://centrafrique-presse.over-blog.com/article-rca-coup-de-tonnerre-a-la-mairie-de-bangui-78574135.html |website=centrafrique-presse.over-blog.com |publisher=Centrafrique Presse |access-date=24 August 2024}}