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Born in Chad and educated as a lawyer in France, she has been active at various times on issues of women’s rights, democracy promotion, and peace building. Following a coup in 2003, she served as a senior member of National Council for Mediation working to promote peaceful dialogue and prevent conflict.
In her first address to the nation as president, she called for peace and reconciliation asking for the various militias to lay down their arms and encouraging “each and every [Central African] to help rebuild our fatherland.”