Joseph Dion Ngute (born 12 March 1954) is a

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ian politician currently serving as the

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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 c ...

, following his appointment in January 2019. He succeeded

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, who had held the post since 2009.

Career

Ngute was born in southwest

, in Bongong Barombi. From 1966 to 1971, he studied at the Lycée Bilingue de

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, where he obtained the

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from the

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. From 1973 to 1977, he attended graduate school at the

University of Yaoundé The University of Yaoundé (french: Université de Yaoundé) was a university in Cameroon, located in Yaoundé, the country's capital. It was built with the help of France and opened in 1962 as the Federal University of Yaoundé, dropping the "Fe ...

and obtained a law degree. Then, from 1977 to 1978, he enrolled at Queen Mary University in London, where he obtained a master's degree in law. And, from 1978 to 1982, he followed the Ph.D program in law at the

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in the

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. Since 1980, he has been a professor at the

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. In 1991, he served as the director of the Advanced School of Administration and Magistracy. In 1997, he entered government, serving as the Minister Delegate to the Minister of External Relations. In March 2018 he was appointed Minister of special duties at the Presidency of the Republic.

Prime Ministership

Ngute was appointed Prime Minister in 2019.

Personal life

Ngute comes from the English-speaking southwestern region of Cameroon (former

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), and is also a local

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References

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