Emilie Beatrice Epaye

1956

She has been a Government Minister and served in the National Assembly. She has operated a family-run transportation business and engaged in trade. Louisiana Fondation la Voix du coeur Louisiana Fondation la Voix du coeur (The Voice of the Heart Foundation) was established in 1994 by Lucienne Patassé, wife of then president Ange-Félix Patassé, to mentor street children. The home she created, located in Bangui, was originally a haven from violence or abandonment where children are federal, educated, given medical care and provided with training and safe haven. Upon Lucienne Patassé"s death in 2000, Epaye took over directorship of the organization. In 2003 General François Bozizé led a coup against the former leader Patassé of the Central African Republic and took over the government. In 2005 she began serving as the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Small and Medium Enterprises and held the position for five years. In 2008 she became the Minister of Trade and Industry and held that position through 2011. In 2013 a coalition of armed groups calling themselves the Séléka (Alliance in the Sango language) overthrew Bozizé"s government. Michel Djotodia declared himself president and plunged the country into a crisis. The United Nations Security Council, African Union and French government sent troops to assist in stabilizing the area and a new Transitional Council was appointed. Epaye again was tapped to serve in the transitional government and Catherine Samba-Panza was elected to lead the country during the transition. The next democratic elections will be held end of 2015. Pan African organizations.

Emilie Beatrice Epaye

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Background

Emilie Béatrice Epaye was born about 1956 and trained to be a teacher.

Career

She has been a Government Minister and served in the National Assembly. She has operated a family-run transportation business and engaged in trade. Louisiana Fondation la Voix du coeur

Louisiana Fondation la Voix du coeur (The Voice of the Heart Foundation) was established in 1994 by Lucienne Patassé, wife of then president Ange-Félix Patassé, to mentor street children.

The home she created, located in Bangui, was originally a haven from violence or abandonment where children are federal, educated, given medical care and provided with training and safe haven.

Upon Lucienne Patassé"s death in 2000, Epaye took over directorship of the organization. In 2003 General François Bozizé led a coup against the former leader Patassé of the Central African Republic and took over the government.

In 2005 she began serving as the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Small and Medium Enterprises and held the position for five years. In 2008 she became the Minister of Trade and Industry and held that position through 2011.

In 2013 a coalition of armed groups calling themselves the Séléka (Alliance in the Sango language) overthrew Bozizé"s government.

Michel Djotodia declared himself president and plunged the country into a crisis. The United Nations Security Council, African Union and French government sent troops to assist in stabilizing the area and a new Transitional Council was appointed. Epaye again was tapped to serve in the transitional government and Catherine Samba-Panza was elected to lead the country during the transition.

The next democratic elections will be held end of 2015.

Pan African organizations.

Achievements

In 2015, she won the United States. State Department"s International Women of Courage Award. She also served on the Council of Ministers of the Economic Union of Central Africa (CAEU), which in 2010 awarded her the Medal of Grand Officer of the Order of Merit from the CEMAC Community.

Politics

Political career

He established a broad-based transitional council including most of the opposition parties, and charged them with drafting the 2004 constitution.

Views

Epaye advocates for better governance, economic development, and civil society freedoms, defends respect for human rights, and promotes national reconciliation.

Membership

Epaye was appointed as President of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the National Assembly and as a member of the National Transitional Council from 2003 to 2005. From 2003-2005, Epaye was a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Commission of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC). She chaired the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) beginning in 2008 and as a member of the Board of Directors, she drove the first African Conference on Intellectual Property in Dakar.

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