André Nzapayeké
| André Nzapayeké | |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister of the Central African Republic | |
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In office 25 January 2014 – 10 August 2014 |
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| President | Catherine Samba-Panza (Transitional) |
| Preceded by | Nicolas Tiangaye |
| Succeeded by | Mahamat Kamoun |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 August 1951 |
| Political party | Independent |
20 August 1951
Bangassou, French Equatorial
Africa
André Nzapayeké (born 20 August 1951) was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, in an interim capacity, from January to August 2014.
Nzapayeké was born on 20 August 1951 in Bangassou, French Equatorial Africa. The son of a pastor who also worked as a trader, he was a bright student who received a scholarship to study social anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. Nzapayeké worked in Central Africa in the development sector, studying many villages of the country. Later, he worked as a consultant, and also taught at the University. In the early 1990s, he was in the Security Council of the Government. He was briefly Minister of Rural Development under André Kolingba.
A technocrat, Nzapayeké rose to secretary-general of the African Development Bank and vice president of the Development Bank of Central African States from 2010 to 2012. Within the Development Bank, he worked on the implementation of the peace agreements between the various parties during the conflict in Sudan. He also had a job at the World Bank. He is a Christian.
He was appointed as Prime Minister in January 2014 during the 2012–14 conflict. His appointment followed that of President Catherine Samba-Panza and the resignation of Nicolas Tiangaye. Samba-Panza nominated him for the office, and he too was tasked with leading the country to the 2015 election. Nzapayeké was little-known in the Central African Republic at the time of his appointment. He said his first priority would be to stop the massacres and other atrocities within the country for months as the key step to restoring the writ of the state and then help the one million displaced persons.
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