Description : Place of Birth : JIKEJEM OKU, Bui Division, North West Region, Cameroon
Profession: Lawyer
Family Status: Married with three children
Primary Education: Cameroon Baptist Mission Schools in Jikejem-Oku (Bui), Wowo (Donga/Mantung) and Elak-Oku (Bui).
Secondary Education: At Cameroon Protestant College, Bali and at Cameroon College of Arts, Science and Technology, Bambili
University Education: Studied law in the University of Yaoundé; National School of Administration and Magistracy, Yaoundé; University of Ottawa, Canada.
LL.B. (Honours) ? University of Yaoundé (1972)
Diploma of the National School of Administration and Magistracy, Yaoundé (1974)
LL.M., University of Ottawa, Canada (1989).
Professional Positions Held:
January 1975: State Counsel/Prosecutor at the Legal Department of the Court of Appeal, Buea, Cameroon
30th June 1975 to 8 November 1979: Vice Minister of Territorial Administration
8th November 1979 to 4th February 1984: Minister of Mines and Energy
26th July 1984 to 8th December 2004: Ambassador of Cameroon to Canada
8th December 2004 to 30th June 2009: Minister Assistant Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic in Yaoundé
Since 30th June 2009: Prime Minister of Cameroon.
Other Positions Held:
1991-2004 (14 years) Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Canada
Headed Cameroon?s delegations to numerous international conferences;
Headed Cameroon?s delegation to the negotiations on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Prevention of Biotechnological Risks) from 1998 to January 2000;
Chairman of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (ICCP) from January 2000 to March 2004;
Since December 2008: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cameroon Airlines Corporation (CAMAIR-CO.)