François Naoueyama
Central African Republic basketball player
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François Naoueyama (born 31 January 1957) is a Central African basketball player and politician. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics with the Central African Republic national basketball team. He scored 47 points in the team's 7 games.[1]
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| Minister of the Environment and Ecology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 19 January 2009 – 3 February 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | François Bozizé | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Faustin-Archange Touadéra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Yvonne Mboissona (as Water, Forests, Hunting and Fisheries and the Environment) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Moussa Dahfane (as Water, Forests, Hunting and Fishing, Environment and Ecology) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | January 31, 1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | APRD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Basketball player | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Listed height | 6.6 ft 0 in (2.01 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 187 lb (85 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medals
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Career
Basketball
Naoueyama played for ASOPT.[2] He represented the Central African Republic in the FIBA Africa Championship 1987, where his country won the tournament.[3] He also part of CAR squad in the 1988.[4] In his retirement, he was appointed as the treasurer of Central African Basketball Federation on 27 February 2021.[2]
Politics
Naoueyama joined APRD in an unknown year. In January 2009, he was appointed as Minister of the Environment and Ecology.[5] Touadera then reappointed Naoueyama on his cabinet as Minister of Environment and Ecology on 22 April 2011.[6] Under his tenure, he signed a voluntary partnership agreement with the European Union to conserve the ecosystem on 28 November 2011 and proposed an integrated approach in the national REDD implementation.[7] Furthermore, CAR received Equipment for Identifying Prohibited Substances from France in 2012.[8] Apart from that, he became the speaker at IRENA event in Riocentro in 2012.[9]
