Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Female Ministers of the United Republic of Cameroon/
La République Unie de Cameroun (Female Suffrage 1946/56) 1884-1916 administered by
Germany, afterwards East Cameroon was administered by France as a Trusteeship
for the League of Nations and United Nations til 1959 when it became
independent. In 1961 the East was joined by the former British Trusteeship of
Southern Cameroon, a Federation with separate State governments until it became
an unitarian state in 1979.
Also see Cameroon Parliament and Cameroon Heads
1970-75 Vice-Minister of Health
and Public Welfare Delphine Zanga Tsogo
1975-84 Minister of Social Affairs
President of the National Council of Women
1964-85.
(b. 1935- )
1975-82 Vice-Minister of
Education Dr. Dorothy Limunga Njeuma
1982-84 Minister-Delegate for Education
1983-88 Vice-Minister for
Planning af Industries Elisabeth Tankeu
1988-(92) Minister for Planning and Territorial Development
From 1976-79 Deputy Director and 1980-83 Director of Planning.
1984-88 Minister of Social Affairs
Rose Zang Nguélé
Since 1988 Vice-President of the National Bureau of the Cameroun People's
Democratic Movement. (b.1943- )
1984-2000 Minister of Women's
Promotion Aïssatou Boubakari Yao (Yao Aïssatou)
1988-97 Minister of Social Affairs (Third minister in the cabinet)
Deputy Director of Finance
1981-85 and since 1985 President of the Women's Wing
of the Party.
1984-87 Secretary of State for
Health Isabelle Bassang-Akouma-Manneyeng
1987-89 Minister of Health
Assistant Secretary of the Cameroun People's Democratic Movement for the Press,
Information and Program 1984-88, Ambassador to EEC, Belgium, The Netherlands and
Luxembourg since 1989. (b. 1937- )
1985-93 Secretary of State of
National Education Christine Ngomba-Eko
(b. 1938- )
1992-93 Secretary of State for
Industrial-, Regional- and Commercial Development Louise-Marie Abojo Nkono
1993-97 Secretary of State of
Education Isabelle-Marie Tokpanou Nec Atchou
1997-2000 Minister of Health Marie
Madeleine Fouda
2000-02 Minister of Social Affairs
1997-2000
Minister-Delegate in the Presidency
for Supreme State
Audit Lucy Gwanmessia
2000-01 Minister of Women
(Princess) Julienne Ngo Sonu
2000-04
Minister-Delegate of the Presidency for Supreme State Audit Mama Njiemoum
2000-01 Secretary of State of
Transport Dr. Nana Aboubakar Diallo
2000-01 Secretary of State of
Industrial and Commercial Development
2001-04 Secretary of State of
Primary Education
2004- Minister of Primary Education Haman Adama née Halimatou Mahonde
2001-04 Minister of Women’s
Promotion Catherine Bekang Mbock
2004- Minister of Social
Affairs
Her full name is Catherine Louise Marinette Ngo Ndeby épouse Bakang Mbock, and
she is educated in Paris and worked in the Ministry of Economy and Plan since
1986. (b. 1955-)
2004- Minister of Scientific Research and Innovation Madeleine Tchuenté
2004- Minister of Women's Promotion Suzanne Bomback
2004-07 Secretary of State of
Commerce Ama Tutu Muna
2007- Minister of Culture
2004- Secretary of State of Secondary Education Catherine Abena
Last update 22.11.07