Paul Biya is a Cameroonian politician who is the second president of Cameroon since November 6,1982,having previously been the prime minister of Cameroon from 1975 to 1982. He is the second-longest-ruling president in Africa,the longest consecutively serving current non-royal national leader in the world and the oldest head of state in the world. His regime is authoritarian and dictatorial.
The Cameroon People's Democratic Movement is the ruling political party in Cameroon. Previously known as the Cameroonian National Union,which had dominated Cameroon politics since independence in the 1960s,it was renamed in 1985. The national president of the CPDM is Paul Biya,the president of Cameroon,while the secretary-general of the party Central Committee is Jean Nkuete.
Philémon Yunji Yang is a Cameroonian politician who served as Prime minister from 30 June 2009 to 4 January 2019. Previously he was Assistant Secretary General of the Presidency,with the rank of minister,from 2004 to 2009. He served in the government from 1975 to 1984 and was Cameroon's Ambassador to Canada from 1984 to 2004. He is the longest-serving Prime Minister in Cameroonian history.
Ephraïm Inoni is a Cameroonian politician who was Prime Minister of Cameroon from 2004 to 2009. He was a long-time aide of President Paul Biya and is a member of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC). He was appointed to the position of Prime Minister by Biya on December 8,2004 and was sworn in that day.
Simon Achidi Achu was a Cameroonian politician who served as the prime minister of Cameroon from 1992 to 1996. Previously he was Minister of Justice from 1972 to 1975. A leading member of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM),Achidi Achu was appointed Chairman of the National Investment Corporation in 2003,and he was elected to the Senate of Cameroon in 2013.
Laurent Esso is a Cameroonian politician who is currently serving in Joseph Ngute's government.
Bello Bouba Maigari is a Cameroonian politician currently serving in Joseph Ngute's government. He was the 2nd Prime Minister of Cameroon from 6 November 1982 to 22 August 1983 and has been the National President of the National Union for Democracy and Progress (UNDP) since January 1992. Although he was a key opposition leader for much of the 1990s,he has participated in the government since December 1997;he was Minister of State for Industrial and Commercial Development from 1997 to 2004,Minister of State for Post and Telecommunications from 2004 to 2009,and Minister of State for Transport from 2009 to 2009. Since December 2011,he has been Minister of State for Tourism and Leisure.
Luc Ayang is a Cameroonian politician who served as 3rd Prime Minister of Cameroon from 1983 to 1984. He has been President of the Economic and Social Council of Cameroon since 1984.
Augustin Frédéric Kodock was a Cameroonian politician who was Secretary-General of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon from 1991 to 2011. He worked in Cameroon's state administration during the 1960s and then worked at the African Development Bank through the 1970s. After a stint as head of Cameroon Airlines in the mid-1980s,he participated in the beginnings of multiparty politics in the early 1990s,becoming Secretary-General of the UPC. Allying himself with President Paul Biya,he was appointed to the government as Minister of State for Planning and Regional Development from 1992 to 1994 and then as Minister of State for Agriculture from 1994 to 1997. Subsequently,he was again Minister of State for Agriculture from 2002 to 2004 and Minister of State for Planning from 2004 to 2007.
Dakole Daïssala was a Cameroonian politician and the President of the Movement for the Defence of the Republic (MDR),a political party based in Cameroon's Far North Region. He served in the government of Cameroon as Minister of State for Posts and Telecommunications from 1992 to 1997;subsequently he was a Deputy in the National Assembly from 1997 to 2002 and then Minister of Transport from 2004 to 2007. He served in the Senate from 2013 until his death.
Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni is a Cameroonian political figure who served in the government of Cameroon from 1990 to 2001. As Minister of Information and then Minister of Communication,Kontchou was a prominent and controversial figure,reviled by the opposition,during the political turmoil of the early 1990s. Later,he was Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 1997 to 2001 and chairman of the board of directors of the University of Douala from 2005 to 2008.
RenéEmmanuel Sadi is a Cameroonian politician who has served in the government of Cameroon as Minister of Territorial Administration since 2011. Under President Paul Biya,he was Second Assistant Secretary-General of the Presidency from 2004 to 2009 and Minister for Special Duties from 2009 to 2011. Sadi also served as Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC),the ruling political party in Cameroon,from 2007 to 2011.
Christopher Kiloh Fai Nsahlai was a Cameroonian politician and diplomat. A member of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM),he was Cameroon's Ambassador to the Central African Republic from 1985 to 2001,Minister of Transport from 2001 to 2002,and Board Chairman of the Autonomous Port of Douala from 2006 to 2008.
Grégoire Owona is a Cameroonian politician who has served in the government of Cameroon as Minister of Labor and Social Security since December 2011. He previously served as Minister-Delegate at the Presidency for Relations with the Assemblies from 1997 to 2011,and he has also been Deputy Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC) since 1992.
Joseph Charles Doumba was a Cameroonian politician. First appointed to the government of Cameroon as Minister of Information and Culture in 1974,Doumba was Secretary-General of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC) from 1992 to 2007.
Adolphe Moudiki is a Cameroonian political figure who has been Director-General of the National Hydrocarbons Company,the state oil company of Cameroon,since 1993. A long-time associate of President Paul Biya,Moudiki was Minister of Labor from 1987 to 1988,Director of the Civil Cabinet of the Presidency from 1988 to 1989,and Minister of Justice from 1989 to 1991.
Hamadjoda Adjoudji was a Cameroonian politician. He served in the government of Cameroon as Minister of Animal Husbandry,Fishing,and Animal Industries from 1984 to 2004. Most recently he was a Deputy Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC).
Jean-Bernard Ndongo Essomba was a Cameroonian politician. He was President of the Parliamentary Group of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC) in the National Assembly of Cameroon from 1992 to 1997 and he has held that post again since 2002.
Françoise Foning was a Cameroonian businessperson and politician for the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM). She began a career in business at age 12,opening a restaurant before entering into the tourism,transportation,food,medical and education sectors. Foning became president of CPDM's women's division in 1992 and was appointed the party's leader in Douala and the national committee five years later. In 2002,she was elected deputy mayor of Douala II and began serving in the National Assembly that same year. Foning led the African Network and Cameroonian Businesswomen and consulted The World Bank,the African Development Bank along with several international agencies. She was founding president of the Association of Cameroonian Businesswomen and the NGO World Female Company Managers. A street in Douala was named in her memory.
Martin Aristide Okouda was a Cameroonian politician who held various ministerial roles.
