André Nzapayeké

André Nzapayeké (born 20 August 1951) is a Central African politician and banker who served as Acting Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 25 January 2014 to 10 August 2014.

Early career Nzapayeké was born on 20 August 1951 in Bangassou, French Equatorial Africa. 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 is a Christian.

Political career 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.

I am going to be speaking with the different groups so that we immediately stop certain... atrocities being carried out in this country. We have to put a stop to all that quickly. There's a certain number of very clear actions the government is going to tackle starting this week. [I will] put a team in place that's going to deal with the question of national reconciliation. We have to tackle that quickly, it will make the security question easier. [We will seek help from] friends in the international community. He was replaced by Mahamat Kamoun.

Since June 2015 he is ambassador of the Central African Republic in Southern Africa, since October 2016 also in New Zealand and since May 2017 in the Seychelles.