Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh | |
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![]() Ngoh in 2024 | |
Secretary-General to the President of Cameroon | |
Assumed office December 9, 2011 | |
Secretary-General to the Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office August 31,2010 –December 9,2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Minta,Haute-Sanaga,Cameroon |
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh is a Cameroonian politician and diplomat who served as the secretary-general to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cameroon from 2010 to 2011 and later the secretary-general to the President Paul Biya in 2011. He received the title of Minister of State in January 2019. Ngoh is considered a close confidant of Paul Biya.
Ngoh was born in Minta,a town in Haute-Sanaga,in what is now Cameroon. [1] Between 1997 and 1998,he had a brief stint in the civil cabinet of the Presidency. [1] From 2002 to 2006,he was the first consul to the Permanent Mission of Cameroon to the United Nations in New York. On August 31,2010,he served as the secretary-general to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. [2] On December 6,2011,Ngoh was appointed secretary-general to President Paul Biya. In this role,Ngoh was considered a close confidant of Biya and a powerful politician. [1]
On the night between August 10–11,2018,Ngoh's house in Yaounde was attacked by robbers,two of whom were killed by security agents. [3] On January 4,2019,Ngoh was appointed Minister of State,an honor heavily influenced by Chantal Biya. [4] Around this time,Ngoh was considered by Cameroonian analysts to be the de facto President instead of Paul Biya,with Ngoh having control over all political affairs. [5]
In October 2022,Ngoh was physically summoned by investigators in response to departments under his control embezzling millions of dollars in funds delineated to fight COVID-19. [6] The scandal,known as Covidgate,led to Ngoh having a warrant for his arrest. [6]
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