Background
Doubane was born at Zemio in 1966.
Doubane was born at Zemio in 1966.
Previously he was Minister of Education from 2006 to 2008. Under President Ange-Félix Patassé, he was appointed to the government as Minister for Relations with Parliament on 18 February 1997, serving in that post until 1999. In the November 1998 parliamentary election, he was elected to the National Assembly of the Central African Republic as a candidate of the Alliance for Democracy and Progress (automatic data processing) in Zemio constituency, receiving 67.58% of the vote.
Speaking in January 1999, Doubane expressed concern about the presence in his constituency of Congolese soldiers who had fled across the border from Gbadolite to Zemio due to rebel attacks.
He complained that the soldiers were abusing the population and urged the government to take action to get them out of the town. Later, under Patassé"s successor, François Bozizé, Doubane was Diplomatic Advisor to the President.
He was again appointed to the government as Minister of National Education, Literacy, Higher Education, and Research on 31 January 2006. He served in that post for two years.
He was dismissed from the government on 28 January 2008.
From 2008 to 2011, Doubane was Director Guarantor of the Civil Air Patrol Chimie Limited Liability Company. Bozizé then appointed Doubane as Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He presented his credentials to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 23 June 2011. In March 2013, President Bozizé was ousted by Seleka, an alliance of rebel groups, and Michel Djotodia took power.
On 31 March 2013, Doubane was appointed to the government as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
However, Doubane did not take up his new post, remaining Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Léonie Banga-Bothy was instead appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in June 2013.