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February 2021, he became the Central African Basketball Federation (FCBB) president candidate, promising to restore the country's basketball. However, he lost the election to Aimé Serge Singa. In 2022, the government dissolved the FCBB board and formed the crisis committee, in which M'Pokomandji became the chairman.
496:), respectively, persuaded M'Pokomandji to join their respective clubs. Afterward, he decided to draw lots to determine the clubs that he wanted because he did not want to dismay his friends. Eloi won, and M'Pokomandji then joined Fu Manchu's junior team. He ended his football career after being recruited to the
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In 1960, M'Pokomandji moved to Bangui and lived in
Lakouanga District. At first, he wanted to study at the Catholic schools of Saint Louis and Saint Charles. However, he was rejected at those schools and accepted at Ecole Lakouanga instead. One year later, he finished his primary education and moved
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in the final. During the 1967–1968 school year, M'Pokomandji was selected for the
Berberati selection squad in a match against Hit Tresor. Berberati's selection managed to defeat Hit Tresor in the first match in the town. Later, the match was replayed in Bangui, and Hit Tresor won. After the match,
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Association of Former International Basketball Players of the Central African Republic (AIBCA), and as the president of AIBCA, he implored the government to rehabilitate the dilapidated sports infrastructures that
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Upon his release from detainment, M'Pokomandji became a businessman. He opened a small beverage business called
Carrefour in Bangui, which attracted expatriate customers. Later, an expatriate who also became his loyal customer offered him a job as warehouse manager at Oubangui-Automobiles, and he
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M'Pokomandji still played basketball when he pursued his higher education in France. He joined Basket
Olympique Perpignanais when he lived in Perpignan. Later, he played for Montpellier University Club. While playing for Montpellier University Club, he was called to the Central African basketball
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Morocco to study civil engineering after his visit to the country. However, the major did not exist in Morocco yet and he decided to study at the University of Perpignan, taking math and physics. Later, he enrolled at Montpellier 2 University and completed his bachelor's and
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Minister of Equipment and Transport in 2003 and served until 2005. During his tenure, he served as the Air CEMAC project coordinator and signed a border closure with DRC in 2003. Furthermore, he was accused of obstructing the liquidation of
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Upon finishing 9th grade in
Berberati, M'Pokomandji moved to Bangui and enrolled at Lycée des Rapides, where he finished his 10th and 11th grades. Later on, he was transferred to Lycée Barthélémy Boganda and completed his 12th grade. After passing the baccalaureate,
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M'Pokomandji developed his passion for football when he was dwelling in Sarh. During his school year at Ecole
Lakouanga, he played football with his schoolfellows. At one time, his schoolmates Joseph Marcel Bimalé and Eloi Limbio, who were playing for Brazza (now
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M'Pokomandji began his basketball journey when he studied at Ecole Lakounga. When he studied in Berberati, he played basketball and represented College Normal Berberati in 1964, where the team won the competition after defeating
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for nine months and shared a cell with political prisoners and highway robbers. On 4 December 1977, Bokassa gave M'Pokomandji and other hundred prisoners amnesty on the occasion of the
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in an unknown year since his parents, who worked as a civil servant, were posted there and enrolled in Saint-François Xavier Catholic School. While living in Sarh, he enjoyed watching
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During Djotida's presidency, he was nominated as a National Transitional Council (NTC) member in May 2013. However, his appointment as an NTC member sparked protests from
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M'Pokomandji left ASECNA in 2000 and returned to Bangui, where he and his younger brothers established a freight forwarding company called Mondial Air Fret (MAF).
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