Under Bozizé
After Bozizé seized power on March 15, 2003, ousting Patassé, he appointed Goumba as Prime Minister on March 23. His government was formed on March 31, 2003; in its composition it was viewed as a compromise between Bozizé and Goumba, with a number of military allies and relatives of Bozizé receiving key posts while other posts went to associates and allies of various political leaders and to independent figures regarded as competent. The National Transitional Council (CNT) rejected Goumba's proposed programme of general policy on November 5, 2003, saying that the government's objectives, along with the methods of implementing those objectives, were not sufficiently defined in the programme. He had planned to submit a revised programme on December 12, 2003, but on December 11, Bozizé dismissed him as Prime Minister. On the next day Célestin Gaombalet was named to replace him; Goumba was appointed as Vice-President instead.
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