Michel Am-Nondokro Djotodia (born c. 1949) is a
Central African politician who was
President of the Central African Republic from 2013 to 2014. He was the first
Muslim to hold that office in the mainly
Christian country. Djotodia was a leader of the almost entirely Muslim
Séléka rebel coalition in the
December 2012 rebellion against President
François Bozizé. Following a peace agreement, Djotodia was appointed to the government as First Deputy Prime Minister for National Defense in February 2013. When the peace agreement unravelled, Séléka captured
Bangui and Djotodia took power on 24 March 2013. He promised to lead a transition to new elections in which he would not be a candidate, but his time in office was marked by escalating sectarian violence, and he was ultimately pressured into resigning by regional leaders on 10 January 2014.