{{Infobox officeholder | name = Louis Kpado | image = | image_size = | caption = | office = Mayor of Bangui | term_start = 3 April 1970 | term_end = 26 April 1971 | president = Jean-Bédel Bokassa | prime_minister = | predecessor = Jean Michel Benzot | successor = Jean Louis Psimhis | office1 = Minister of Interior | term_start1 = 4 February 1970 | term_end1 = 26 April 1971 | president1 = Jean-Bédel Bokassa | prime_minister1 = | predecessor1 = ? | successor1 = Jean Louis Psimhis | office2 = Deputy Minister of Interior | term_start2 = 17 September 1969 | term_end2 = 4 February 1970 | president2 = Jean-Bédel Bokassa | prime_minister2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | office3 = Deputy Minister of National and Foreign Trade | term_start3 = 28 February 1969 | term_end3 = 17 September 1969 | president3 = Jean-Bédel Bokassa | prime_minister3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | birth_date = 1940 (aged 84-85) | birth_place = Pouloubou, Ubangi-Shari (now the Central African Republic) | death_date = | death_place = | party = | relations = | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = IHEOM | occupation = Bureaucrat<br>Politician | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Louis Kpado''' (born 1940) is a Central African bureaucrat and politician who served in various ministerial positions during the Bokassa regime.
== Early and personal life == Kpado was born in Pouloubou in 1940.<ref name="LK">{{cite book |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Richard |last2=Rius |first2=Juan Fandos |title=Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic (Historical Dictionaries of Africa) |date=2016 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham |page=385}}</ref> On 19 November 1958, during his final year in high school, the government granted him a scholarship to study as an auditor at IHEOM and also awarded him an allowance of 5,000 CFA francs before leaving Ubangi-Shari.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=15 December 1958 |title=-ARRETES EN ABREGE:PERSONNEL |url=https://archive.gazettes.africa/archive/cg/1958/cg-journal-officiel-dated-1958-12-15-no-35.pdf |work=JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE L'AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE FRANGAISE |location=Brazzaville |publisher= |access-date=}}</ref> Upon completing high school in 1959, he studied in IHEOM.<ref name="LK"/>
After completing study in IHEOM, Kpado returned to the Central African Republic and served as the Head of National Economy in 1962. On 7 August 1964, David Dacko appointed him as the Head of Trade and Industry. He also represented the government at the National Agricultural Operations Company (SNEA).<ref name="LK"/>
Jean-Bédel Bokassa named Kpado as Deputy Minister of National and Foreign Trade on 28 February 1969. He then became the Deputy Minister of Interior on 17 September 1969. Bokassa conducted a cabinet reshuffle on 4 February 1970, appointing Kpado as Minister of the Interior. While serving as the Minister of Interior, he also became the Mayor of Bangui from 3 April 1970 to 26 February 1971 and Director of National Industrial Manufacturing Company (SONAFI) in September 1970.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Serre |first1=Jacques |last2=Fandos-Rius |first2=Juan |title=Répertoire de l'administration territoriale de la République centrafricaine |date=2014 |publisher=L’Harmattan |location=Paris |isbn=978-2-343-01298-8 |page=39}}</ref><ref name="LK"/> He stepped down as Minister of Interior, and the position was replaced by Jean Louis Psimhis, who concurrently served as Mayor of Bangui.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Le Monde |first1=Le Monde |title=LE GÉNÉRAL BOKASSA A REMANIÉ SON GOUVERNEMENT |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1971/04/28/le-general-bokassa-a-remanie-son-gouvernement_2461059_1819218.html |website=lemonde.fr |publisher=Le Monde |access-date=15 November 2025}}</ref>
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