Yves Castanou

Yves Castanou was born in Reims, in France, on June 22, 1971.^[1] In 1992, he joined Polytechnique Montréal, where he obtained an electrical engineering degree in 1996.^[2] That same year, he married Habi, with whom he has two children.^[2] It was at the age of 23 in 1994 that he experienced a new birth. He will then follow a first biblical training in United Kingdom before joining the Biblical Institute and the Academy of Advanced Theological and Pastoral Studies in Paris.^[2]

Yves Castanou was a telecom engineer for Lucent Technologies in Denver in the United States.^[3][4]

In 2002, he founded the church Impact Christian center with Yvan Castanou, his twin brother, in Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris in France.^[4]

He was officially ordained pastor with his wife Habi, in March 2004, by pastors André Thobois and Emmanuel Toussaint (World Protestant and Evangelical Council of Churches).^[2]

In 2010, Yves Castanou was appointed, by presidential decree, Director General of the Agency for the Regulation of Posts and Electronic Communications in Republic of the Congo.^[4]

In 2012, he became pastor principal of Impact Christian center Brazzaville.^[2]

On November 22, 2013, Yves Castanou was elevated to the rank of officer of the Congolese Order of Merit, on the occasion of the inauguration of the new headquarters of ARPCE.^[5]

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