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Sadou Hayatou
Sadou Hayatou (15 February 1942 – 1 August 2019) was a Cameroonian politician. Hayatou served as the List of Prime Ministers of Cameroon, 4th Prime Minister of Cameroon from 26 April 1991 to 9 April 1992. Biography Hayatou was born in Garoua. His brother, Issa Hayatou, was for a long time, the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). He was appointed to the government of Cameroon as Minister of Agriculture in 1984. He was the Minister of Finance of Cameroon from 1987 to 1990. After his stint as Prime Minister, Hayatou became National Director of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC), leaving that post on January 1, 2008. Despite the official retirement age at the Bank being 60, Hayatou was kept in his post for five additional years by BEAC Governor Jean-Félix Mamalepot.Brice R. Mbodiam"Béac : Sadou Hayatou n’est plus le directeur national" ''Mutations'' (Cameroon-info.net), January 9, 2008 . References 1942 births 2019 deaths People from G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad, and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area ''Rio dos Camarões'' (''Shrimp River''), which became ''Cameroon'' in English. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa Emirate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Cameroon
Under the current Constitution of Cameroon, the Prime Minister of Cameroon is a relatively powerless position. While the Prime Minister is officially appointed to be the head of government, the President retains most of the executive power and can fire the Prime Minister at will. The current prime minister, Joseph Ngute, was appointed by president Paul Biya. He took the office on 4 January 2019. History The position has existed in the eastern part of Cameroon since it gained its independence from France in 1960. When the western part gained independence from the British in 1961, the two halves of the Cameroon federation maintained their autonomy and each had a separate Prime Minister. In 1972, Cameroon became a unitary state and the position of Prime Minister was temporarily unfilled. In 1975, Paul Biya was appointed as Prime Minister for all of Cameroon. After Biya's succession to the Presidency, the post of Prime Minister did not exist from 1984 to 1991. List of prime ministe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garoua
Garoua or Garua (Fula: Garwa 𞤺𞤢𞤪𞤱𞤢) is a port city and the capital of the North Region of Cameroon, lying on the Benue River. A thriving centre of the textiles and cotton industries, the city has approximately 1,285,000 inhabitants in 2020, mostly Fulbe/Fulani. History Garoua was established by the Fulani emir Modibbo Adama in the first half of the 19th century. During the steamship era, it developed into a major river port. The population of the city was 30,000 in 1967. Geography Garoua is situated in northern Cameroon, and lies on the Benue River. It serves as the gateway to Benoue National Park. Neighborhoods include Commercial Centre, Lopere, Quartier de Marouare, Poumpoumre, Roumde Adjia and the northwestern suburb of Yelwa, near Garoua International Airport. Climate Garoua has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen ''Aw''), with a wet season and a dry season and the temperature being hot year-round. The average temperature in Garoua ranges from in Dece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Issa Hayatou
Issa Hayatou (born 9 August 1946) is a Cameroonian sports executive, former athlete and football administrator best known for serving as the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) between 1988 and 2017. He served as the acting FIFA president until 26 February 2016 as previous president Sepp Blatter was banned from all football-related activities in 2015 as a part of the that year's FIFA corruption investigation. In 2002, he ran for president of FIFA but was defeated by Blatter. He is also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In November 2010 he was alleged by the BBC to have taken bribes in the 1990s regarding the awarding of World Cup television rights. The IOC has announced it will investigate him.Owen Gibson (30 November 2010"England's 2018 hopes rise as Vladimir Putin hints he will not turn up" ''The Guardian'' Following the 2015 FIFA corruption case, Hayatou took charge of FIFA, as the acting president, until 26 February 2016 when Gianni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederation Of African Football
The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administrative and controlling body for association football, futsal and beach soccer in Africa. It was established on 8 February 1957 at the ''Grand Hotel'' in Khartoum, Sudan by the national football associations of Egyptian Football Association, Egypt, Ethiopian Football Federation, Ethiopia, South African Football Association, South Africa and Sudan Football Association, Sudan, following formal discussions between the aforementioned associations at the FIFA Congress held on 7 June 1956 at Avenida Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal. One of the six continental confederations of world football governing body, FIFA, CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs national team and club continental competitions and controls the prize money ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Finance Of Cameroon
The Ministry of Finance of Cameroon is responsible for the public finance policies of Cameroon. Ministers of Finance * Arouna N'Joya, 1957-1958 *Charles Assalé, 1958-1959 * Charles Onana Awana, 1963-1964 * Victor Kanga, 1964-1966 * Simon Nko'o Etoungou, 1966-1968 * Aloys Medjo me Zengue, 1968 * Bernard Bidias à Ngon, 1968-1972 * Charles Onana Awana, 1972-1975 * Marcel Yondo, 1975-1978 * Gilbert Ntang, 1978-1983 * Etienne Ntsama, 1983-1985 * Édouard Koulla, 1985-1986 * André Booto à Ngon, 1986-1987 *Sadou Hayatou, 1987-1990 * Simon Bassilekin, 1990-1991 * Justin Ndioro à Yombo, 1991-1992 * Antoine Ntsimi, 1992-1994 * Justin Ndioro à Yombo, 1994-1996 * Édouard Akame Mfoumou, 1996-2001 * Michel Meva'a M'Eboutou, 2001-2004 * Polycarpe Abah Abah, 2004-2007 * Essimi Menye, 2007-2011 * Alamine Ousmane Mey, 2011-2018 * Louis-Paul Motazé, 2018- Source: See also * Finance ministry * Economy of Cameroon * Politics of Cameroon References {{reflist Cameroon Cameroon (; fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bank Of Central African States
The Bank of Central African States (french: Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale, BEAC) is a central bank that serves six central African countries which form the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa: *Cameroon *Central African Republic * Chad * Equatorial Guinea *Gabon * Republic of the Congo In December 2010, a WikiLeaks memo dated June 3, 2005, said that Gabonese officials working for the Bank of Central African States stole US$36 million over a period of five years from the pooled reserves, giving much of the money to members of France's two main political parties. Governors Philibert Andzembe of Gabon was Governor of the Bank of Central African States from July 2007 until October 2009, when he was fired by the new president of Gabon, Ali Bongo, in response to a bank scandal in which $28.3 million went missing from the bank's Paris branch. Jean Félix Mamalepot, also from Gabon, was Governor for the preceding 17 years. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Félix Mamalepot
Jean-Félix Mamalepot (December 28, 1940 – December 12, 2012) was a Gabonese banker who was Governor of the Bank of Central African States The Bank of Central African States (french: Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale, BEAC) is a central bank that serves six central African countries which form the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa: *Cameroon *Central African ... (BEAC) from 1990 to 2007."Gabon : Jean Félix Mamalepot quitte la tête de la BEAC" , InfoPlusGabon, May 1, 2007 . Life and career Mamalepot was born at Mbabiri in the Haut-Ogooué Province of Gabon;"Mamalepot Jean-Félix", ''Gabon: Les hommes de pouvoir'', number 4[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luc Ayang
Luc Ayang (born 1947Official government biography .) is a ian politician who served as from 1983 to 1984. He has been President of the Economic and Social Council of Cameroon since 1984. Biography An ethnic and ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Achidi Achu
Simon Achidi Achu (5 November 1934 – 4 May 2021) 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.''Les Elites camerounaises: who's who in United Republic of Cameroon'' (1976), Bulletin de l'Afrique noire, page 6.''Africa Year Book and Who's Who'' (1977), Africa Journal Ltd., page 1,033. Early life and career Achidi Achu was born in |
1942 Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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