# Louis Kpado

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name            = Louis Kpado
| image           =
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| office          = Mayor of [Bangui](/source/Bangui)
| term_start      = 3 April 1970
| term_end        = 26 April 1971
| president       = [Jean-Bédel Bokassa](/source/Jean-B%C3%A9del_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](/source/Pouloubou), [Ubangi-Shari](/source/Ubangi-Shari) (now the [Central African Republic](/source/Central_African_Republic))
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| alma_mater      = [IHEOM](/source/Colonial_School%2C_Paris)
| occupation      = Bureaucrat<br>Politician
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'''Louis Kpado''' (born 1940) is a Central African bureaucrat and politician who served in various ministerial positions during the [Bokassa](/source/Jean-B%C3%A9del_Bokassa) regime.

== Early and personal life ==
Kpado was born in [Pouloubou](/source/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](/source/Colonial_School%2C_Paris) 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](/source/Colonial_School%2C_Paris).<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](/source/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](/source/Jean-B%C3%A9del_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>

== References ==
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