Sadou Hayatou (15 February 1942 – 1 August 2019) was a

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 C ...

ian politician. Hayatou served 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 ...

from 26 April 1991 to 9 April 1992.

Biography

Hayatou was born in

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 inhabit ...

. His brother,

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 ...

, was for a long time, the President of the

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(CAF). He was appointed to the government of Cameroon as Minister of Agriculture in 1984. He was the

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 E ...

from 1987 to 1990. After his stint as Prime Minister, Hayatou became National Director 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), 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 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 cen ...

.Brice R. Mbodiam
"Béac : Sadou Hayatou n’est plus le directeur national"
''Mutations'' (Cameroon-info.net), January 9, 2008 .

References

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