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Michel Tommo Monthe (born 26 March 1947) is a
Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...
ian diplomat who has been Cameroon's Permanent Representative to the
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since 8 September 2008.


Education and personal life

Born in Bana in Cameroon, Monthe obtained bachelor of arts and masters of arts degrees at the
University of Yaoundé The University of 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 "Federal" in 1972 when the countr ...
, Cameroon. He also has a doctorate in international relations from the
International Relations Institute of Cameroon The International Relations Institute of Cameroon (French: ''Institut des Relations Internationales du Cameroun'', IRIC) is one of the five Institutions of the University of Yaoundé II; it was created by decree of President Ahmadou Ahidjo on 24 ...
, University of Yaoundé II. Monthe is married and has six children.


Career

Monthe was the Vice Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) before taking office at the United Nations. His other diplomatic postings included Special Adviser to the President of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly; Inspector General in Cameroon's Ministry of External Relations; Chair of the Anti-Corruption Unit in the Ministry; Ministry Secretary-General; Chargé de Mission in the Diplomatic Division of the General Secretariat at the Presidency; Technical Adviser in the Ministry of External Relations; and responsibility for consular affairs in the Protocol Department. From 1977 to 1989, he served a prior term in New York. This term included postings as Second Secretary, First Secretary, Second Counselor and First Counselor for Cameroon's Permanent Mission to the United Nations.


See also

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References


United Nation Press Release Presentation of Credentials: Monthe
1947 births Living people Permanent representatives of Cameroon to the United Nations United Nations Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions members Cameroonian officials of the United Nations {{UN-bio-stub