Côme Zoumara is a political figure in the Central African Republic

Central African Republic

The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...

 who was Foreign Minister from September 2006 to January 2008.

Under Presidents André Kolingba

André Kolingba

André-Dieudonné Kolingba was the fourth president of the Central African Republic , from 1 September 1981 until 1 October 1993. He took power from President David Dacko in a bloodless coup d'état in 1981 and lost power to Ange-Félix Patassé in a democratic election held in 1993...

 and Ange-Félix Patassé

Ange-Félix Patassé

Ange-Félix Patassé was a Central African politician who was President of the Central African Republic from 1993 until 2003, when he was deposed by the rebel leader François Bozizé...

, Zoumara was an official at the Ministry of the Economy. He also worked as a consultant. In July 2003, he became advisor to President François Bozizé

François Bozizé

François Bozizé Yangouvonda is the President of the Central African Republic. He came to power in March 2003 after leading a rebellion against President Ange-Félix Patassé and ushered in a transitional period of government...

 on defense, disarmament, and reintegration. He was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration, and La Francophonie

Foreign minister

A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...

 on 2 September 2006, replacing Jean-Paul Ngoupandé

Jean-Paul Ngoupandé

Jean-Paul Ngoupandé is a Central African politician. Born in Dékoa, Kemo-Gribingui, he was appointed as Prime Minister of the Central African Republic by President Ange-Félix Patassé on 6 June 1996 and resigned on 30 January 1997. Since then he has run for president of the Central African Republic...

. Zoumara served in that position until January 2008, when he was replaced in the government of Prime Minister Faustin-Archange Touadéra

Faustin-Archange Touadéra

Faustin-Archange Touadéra has been Prime Minister of the Central African Republic since January 2008.-Background and academic career:Touadéra was born in Bangui; his family was originally from Damara, to the north of Bangui...

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He is part of the National Convergence-Kwa na Kwa.