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1st LD Writethru: Former Central African Republic PM wins presidential election: interim result

Xinhua, February 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

Faustin-Archange Touadera, former prime minister of Central African Republic, has won the Feb. 14 presidential ecection, the electoral commission said Saturday.

Touadera won 62.71 percent of votes cast in the poll, provisional results released by the National Elections

Authority (ANE) showed.

Touadera, aged 58, was a former vice-chancellor of Bangui University who served as prime minister during the regime of Francois Bozize between 2008 and 2013.

Anicet-Georges Dologuele, who is also a former prime minister, got 37.29 percent, it said.

Central African Republic is trying to turn the page after three years of unprecedented violence since the March 2013 overthrow of Bozize by Michel Djotodia, leader of ex-rebel group, Seleka.

Out of a population of about 5 million, over 1.9 million were registered on the electoral lists of the NEA. Endit