Tchakpa M'brede was a journalist and politician from the Central African Republic.

Early life and education He was born into a peasants family in Marouba in 1949.Edilivre. Tchakpa M'Brede M'brede studied at the University of Yaoundé, the University of Montreal and at the French Press Institute (Pantheon-Assas University). During 1986-1987 he studied at Boston University, as a fellow of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program.Boston University. Boston University’s Humphrey Alumni Directory M'brede founded the Union of Central African Journalists (UJCA).

Career M'brede was the national secretary of the Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ADP), but was expelled from the party in March 1993 for accepting the post as minister for primary and secondary education in the cabinet of Enoch Derant Lakoué.Richard Bradshaw, Juan Fandos-Rius. Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. p. 69Summary of World Broadcasts. Part 4, The Middle East, Africa, and Latin America: SWB. Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993. p. 9William C Banks. Political Handbook of the World 1993. CQ Press, 1993. p. 146Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens, Issues 2460-2485. 1993. p. 639

As of 2007 he served as deputy chairman of the National Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Commission (CNDDR).Scanteam/Norway. Review of Post-Crisis Multi-Donor Trust Funds. Final Report, February 2007

Death M'brede died in 2018.aBangui.com. Retour sur la semaine du Président Faustin-Archange Touadéra At the time of his death he was the president of the Audio-Visual Commission of the High Council for Communication. President Faustin-Archange Touadéra posthumously awarded him with the , with the degree of commander.

Bibliography Tchakpa M'Brede. Ma Centrafrique !: Un état assujetti, un peuple humilié. Editions Edilivre, 2016

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