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André Kolingba (born August 12, 1935) was president of the Central African Republic from 1981 to 1993.

He was an army commander when he deposed his predecessor, David Dacko on September 20, 1981. His rule saw the return of self-declared Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa to the Central African Republic, and his sentence to life imprisonment.

In 1992 he allowed multi-party elections and lost them, but ignored the result. In 1993 he lost fresh elections to Ange-Félix Patassé, and this time let the result stand. Before he stood down on October 22 of that year, he released thousands of prisoners, including Bokassa.

In 2001 he attempted to organised a new coup against the government of Patassé, but this failed. In 2003 he apologised to a reconciliation forum for mistakes he made during his rule.

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