Ferdinand Kazadi Lupeleka (24 April 1925 – 26 June 1984) was a Congolese politician from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[citation needed] Kazadi was born in Katende wa Bakwa Mwanza, north of Demba in the Kasaï-Central region on April 24, 1925.
He distinguished himself through his abilities and the conspicuous influence of a Catechist father, so he was sent to the Small Seminary of Kabwe Ste Therese in December 1939, as few other choices were available to the elite.
Kazadi was on the path to enter priesthood after 14 years of seminary studies, but he abandoned to protect his clan's lineage.
His ambition to acquire a better education despite his familial duties, led him to enroll in 1955 in the Political and Social Sciences Department.
Kazadi was fluent in Chinese, Dutch, French, English, Latin, Swahili, Kikongo, Lingala, and Ciluba.
On 14 September 1960, colonel Mobutu took over for the first time, neutralizing President Kasa-Vubu, arresting Prime Minister Lumumba and seizing power.
Mobutu called upon the people's elite, the few university graduates still residing in the country, to form a government: the College of Commissioners-General.
The creation of the Popular Movement of the Revolution in 1967, a party led by President Mobutu, effectively provoked the closing and dismissal of Parliament.