Kwame Malik Kilpatrick (born June 8, 1970) is the former mayor of Detroit, Michigan. When elected at the age of 31, he was the youngest mayor in the history of Detroit. Kilpatrick's tenure as mayor, from 2002 until 2008, was plagued with controversies which included allegations (not all against Kilpatrick himself) of marital infidelity, conspiracy, perjury, corruption and murder. Kilpatrick is the only mayor in the history of Detroit to be charged with a felony while in office. On September 4, 2008, Kilpatrick announced his resignation as mayor, which became effective on September 18, as part of a plea bargain where he also pled guilty to two felonies for obstruction of justice.

Prior to his career in politics, he graduated from Cass Technical High School. Kilpatrick then graduated with an average GPA of 2.3 from Florida A&M University with a degree in political science, and from The Detroit College of Law with a Juris Doctorate. He later taught in Florida at Rickards High School and Marcus Garvey Academy, where he started the elementary school's basketball team. Kwame is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

His mother, Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, represents Michigan's 13th District in the United States House of Representatives. Kilpatrick's father, Bernard Kilpatrick, served as Chief of Staff to former Wayne County Executive Edward H. McNamara and currently operates a consulting firm called Maestro Associates of Detroit, which has been named in several federal investigations due to business practices.