Michel Gbezera-Bria

[4] Jean Bedel Bokassa named Gbezera-Bria deputy minister of diplomatic and consular delegations and payment of public debt on 9 June 1975.

[3] On 28 May 1989, he signed the technical-scientific-cultural protocol of cooperation with Israel after President Andre Kolingba was unable to attend the conference due to Sudanese air traffic controllers refusing to allow his airplane to fly over Sudan's airspace.

[5] He served as private secretary to President Ange-Felix Patasse from 1995 to 17 June 1996, when he was again named foreign minister.

[3] Patasse tried to form a government of national unity and appointed Gbezera-Bria Prime Minister on 30 January 1997.

[3] He presented his credentials to French President François Hollande on 29 January 2015, and the two discussed the current situation in the Central African Republic.