As a member of the
Central African Democratic Rally (RDC), Nguendet served for a time as a Deputy in the
National Assembly, representing the fifth
arrondissement of
Bangui, the capital. a 105-member provisional parliament, and then being elected by the new CNT as President, to serve during a planned 18-month transitional period, on 13 April 2013. The CNT subsequently elected Nguendet as President of the CNT on 15 April 2013; he defeated four other candidates for the post, receiving 48 votes, well ahead of the second place candidate, who received 28. After Djotodia resigned following a
CEEAC summit on 10 January 2014 as a result of his failure to contain
escalating sectarian violence, Nguendet took over as Acting President. He was to serve until the CNT elected a replacement for Djotodia. The CNT elected
Catherine Samba-Panza as President on 20 January. In August 2015, following the adoption of a proposed new constitution, Nguendet called on the people to approve the proposed constitution in a referendum "to allow our country to get back on the path to a normal constitutional order". ==References==