Minister of Foreign Affairs (Cameroon)

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cameroon is a government minister in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cameroon, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.

The following is a list of foreign ministers of Cameroon since its founding in 1960: [1]

No.Name
(Birth–Death)
PortraitTenure
Ahmadou Ahidjo
(1924–1989)
Acting Minister
Ahmadou Ahidjo.jpg 1960
1 Charles Okala
(1910–1973)
Charles Okala Senat.jpg 1960–1961
2 Jean-Faustin Betayéné
(1922–1973)
No image.png 1961–1963
3 Benoît Balla
(1924–1977)
No image.png 1963–1965
4 Simon Nko'o Etoungou
(1932–2002)
No image.png 1965–1966
5 Benoît Bindzi
(1924–1998)
No image.png 1966–1968
(4) Simon Nko'o Etoungou
(1932–2002)
No image.png 1968–1970
6 Raymond N'Thepe
(1914–1984)
No image.png 1970–1971
7 Jean Keutcha
(1923–2012)
No image.png 1971–1972
8 Vincent Efon
(1927–2003)
No image.png 1972–1975
(7) Jean Keutcha
(1923–2012)
No image.png 1975–1980
9 Paul Dontsop
(1937–2019)
No image.png 1980–1983
10 Félix Tonye Mbog
(1934–2022)
No image.png 1983–1984
11 William Eteki Mboumoua
(1933–2016)
No image.png 1984–1987
12 Philippe Mataga
(1938–2003)
No image.png 1987–1988
13 Jacques-Roger Booh-Booh
(b. 1938)
No image.png 1988–1992
14 Ferdinand Oyono
(1929–2010)
No image.png 1992–1997
15 Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni
(b. 1945)
No image.png 1997–2001
16 François Xavier Ngoubeyou
(b. 1937)
No image.png 2001–2004
17 Laurent Esso
(b. 1942)
No image.png 2004–2006
18 Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara
(b. 1954)
No image.png 2006–2007
19 Henri Eyebe Ayissi
(b. 1955)
Meeting Foreign Minister of Cameroon (6170457990) cropped.jpg 2007–2011
20 Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo
(b. 1954)
Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo (cropped).jpg 2011–2015
21 Lejeune Mbella Mbella
(b. 1949)
No image.png 2015–present

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References

  1. "Foreign ministers A–D". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 7 October 2014.