query: country_of_citizenship mathias dzon
supports: Central Africa is a core region of the African continent which includes Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda. Middle Africa (as used by the United Nations when categorising geographic subregions) is an analogous term that includes Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São Tomé and Príncipe. All of the states in the UN subregion of Middle Africa, plus those otherwise commonly reckoned in Central Africa (11 states in total), constitute the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). Since its independence in 2011, South Sudan has also been commonly included in the region. Mathias Dzon ( born 1947 ) is a Congolese politician who served in the government of Congo - Brazzaville as Minister of Finance from 1997 to 2002 . Subsequently he was the National Director of the Bank of Central African States ( BEAC ) from 2003 to 2008 and a candidate in the July 2009 presidential election , although he decided to boycott the election shortly before it was held . He is the President of the Patriotic Union for National Renewal ( UPRN ) . The Bank of Central African States (BEAC) is a central bank that serves six central African countries which form the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa:
candidates: burundi central african republic chad democratic republic of the congo gabon republic of the congo south sudan
answer: republic of the congo