 The country's first president, David Dacko was overthrown by his army chief-of-staff, Jean-Bédel Bokassa in 1966.Following Bokassa, David Dacko was restored in 1981, only to be overthrown once again by his new army chief of staff, General André Kolingba, after only a few months in power.In 1993, Ange-Félix Patassé became the Central African Republic's first elected president.