Yaou Aïssatou (born 28 November 1951) is the Director General of
Cameroon's National Investment Corporation (NIS). She was also Cameroon's first Minister of Women's Affairs.
Early life
Aïssatou is the daughter of the lamido of
Tchéboa in Cameroon's
North Region, where she attended high school. She went on to the ''Lycée Technique'' in
Douala, where she obtained a
baccalaureate in 1971. After her graduation she studied economics at the
University of Rouen in
France, obtaining a BA degree in 1975. She served with the NIS back in Cameroon for a short time before moving to the
United States to study at
Georgetown University and
Claremont Graduate School, graduating with an
MBA.
Career
On returning to Cameroon in 1979 she rejoined the NIS as its Deputy Director of Finance. In February 1984 she was given her first ministerial position as Cameroon's first Minister of Women's Affairs. She replaced
Delphine Zanga Tsogo
Delphine Zanga Tsogo (December 21, 1935 – July 16, 2020) was a Cameroonian writer, feminist and politician. She served in the country's National Assembly from 1965 to 1972. Her married surname was Tsanga.
Biography
She was born in Lomié and w ...
in March 1985 as president of the national office of the Women's Organization of the ruling
Cameroon People's Democratic Movement
The Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM; french: Rassemblement démocratique du Peuple Camerounais, RDPC) is the ruling political party in Cameroon. Previously known as the Cameroonian National Union, which had dominated Cameroon politic ...
, and she was promoted in May 1988 to the role of Minister of Social and Women's Affairs, serving until April 2000.
In 2009 she was appointed by presidential decree as the new head of the NIS, replacing
Esther Dang Belibi who had resigned in an angry dispute.
References
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Living people
1951 births
Government ministers of Cameroon
Women government ministers of Cameroon
People from North Region (Cameroon)
20th-century Cameroonian women politicians
20th-century Cameroonian politicians
Cameroon People's Democratic Movement politicians