{{Short description|Central African politician, diplomat, and teacher}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Auguste Mboe | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | order = | office = Ambassador of Central African Republic to Nigeria | term_start = ? | term_end = ? | president = | predecessor = | successor = | office1 = Ambassador of Central African Republic to the People Republic of China | term_start1 = January 1981 | term_end1 = 1983 | president1 = André Kolingba | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | office2 = Ambassador of Central African Republic to Mauritius | term_start2 = ? | term_end2 = ? | president2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | office3 = Ambassador of Central African Republic to the Republic of Congo | term_start3 = June 1970 | term_end3 = ? | president3 = Jean-Bédel Bokassa | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | term_start4 = 1962 | term_end4 = 1965 | president4 = David Dacko | predecessor4 = | successor4 = | office5 = Ambassador of Central African Republic to the Soviet Union | term_start5 = 1 June 1965 | term_end5 = June 1970 | president5 = David Dacko<br>Jean-Bédel Bokassa | predecessor5 = ''Office established'' | successor5 = Joseph-Gilbert Mamadou | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|8|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bangui, Ubangi-Shari (now the present-day Central African Republic) | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|2|11|1934|8|28|df=y}} | death_place = Bangui, Central African Republic | spouse = Marie Thérèse Dobozendi | children = 12 | alma_mater = | party = Parti républicain libéral | occupation = Teacher<br>Diplomat | signature = }} '''Auguste Mboe''', also written '''Auguste M'boe''';<ref name="MBO">{{cite report|author1=Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation|date=1981|title=Summary of World Broadcasts The Far East. Part III · Part 3 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Summary_of_World_Broadcasts/32DVAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Auguste+M%27boe&dq=Auguste+M%27boe&printsec=frontcover|page=|access-date=18 February 2025}}</ref> (28 August 1934 - 11 February 2013), was a Central African politician, diplomat, and teacher.
== Biography == Born in Bangui on 28 August 1934, Mboe worked as a teacher and joined the Central African Catholic Teachers Union. In 1962, Dacko nominated Mboe as Ambassador to the Republic of Congo, a position he served for three years.<ref name="AM">{{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=522}}</ref> Apart from that, he also represented the Central African Republic at ECA fifth session in Léopoldville in 1963.<ref>{{cite report|author1=United Nations|date=1963|title=Economic Commission for Africa : annual report (4 March 1962-2 March 1963) |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/832775/files/E_3727_Rev-1%26E_CN-14_229_Rev-1-EN.pdf?ln=en|page=70|access-date=18 February 2025}}</ref> Afterward, he was appointed as the first Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1 June 1965 to June 1970. He was then reappointed as the Ambassador to the Republic of Congo in June 1970.<ref name="AM"/>
Mboe was nominated as the Ambassador of the Central African Republic to the Republic of Mauritius in an unknown year. Later on, he served as the Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 1981 to 1983 and also as Ambassador to Nigeria. In 1991, he founded the Liberal Republican Party after Kolingba lifted the ban on political parties. Within the party, he served as the president until his death.<ref name="MBO"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pareli |first1=Pareli |title=LES VOEUX 2014 DU PARELI |url=http://pareli.centerblog.net/4-les-voeux-2014-du-pareli |website=pareli.centerblog.net |publisher=PARELI |access-date=18 February 2025}}</ref> He also became the vice president of the Independent Joint Electoral Commission (CEMI).<ref name="AM"/>
Mboe died in Bangui on 11 February 2013 and was buried in Toyaka-Bodengbe, Borossé on 23 February.<ref name="AM"/><ref name="OB">{{cite web |last1=Sango Net |first1=Sango Net |title=AVIS de REMERCIEMENTS Au terme de l’inhumation le 23 février 2013 à Toyaka -Bodèngbè (village de Borossé) de l’Ambassadeur Auguste MBOÉ |url=https://www.sangonet.com/afriqg/PAFF/Dic/actuC/annoC/remerciements-terme-inhumation_amb-auguste-Mboe.pdf |website=sangonet.com |publisher=Sango Net |access-date=18 February 2025}}</ref>
== Personal life == Mboe married Marie Thérèse Dobozendi, and the couple had 12 children.<ref>{{cite web |last1=L'Harmattan |first1=L'Harmattan |title=Dédé-Vianney Mboe |url=https://www.editions-harmattan.fr/catalogue/auteur/dede-vianney-mboe/21240?srsltid=AfmBOorLSGy4bmTpz-7U57_ZUr6m5U1oY5h8futevls76x4Xszv7stbO |website=editions-harmattan.fr |publisher=L'Harmattan |access-date=18 February 2025}}</ref>
== Awards == *70px, Commander Order of Central African Merit, 23 January 1967.<ref name="AM"/> * Officer of Central African Orders of Academic Palms.<ref name="OB"/>
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:1934 births Category:2013 deaths Category:People from Bangui Category:Ambassadors of the Central African Republic to the Republic of the Congo Category:Ambassadors of the Central African Republic to the Soviet Union Category:Ambassadors of the Central African Republic to China Category:Ambassadors of the Central African Republic to Nigeria Category:Ambassadors of the Central African Republic to Mauritius Category:Central African Republic schoolteachers