Zacharie Perevet (born 1957?) is 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, currently serving in the government of Cameroon as Minister of Employment and Vocational Training. He has been a member of the government since 1992.Page at Cameroonian government website
. Perevet was born in Gouzda, located in the

Mayo-Tsanaga Division Mayo-Tsanaga is a department of Extreme-Nord Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 4,393 km and at the 2005 Census had a total population of 699,971. The capital of the department is at Mokolo. It is located within the M ...

Far North Province The Far North Region, also known as the Extreme North Region (from french: Région de l'Extrême-Nord), is the northernmost constituent province of the Republic of Cameroon. It borders the North Region to the south, Chad to the east, and Ni ...

. He worked at the Ministry for Agriculture's Directorate of Studies and Projects from 1981 to 1982 and was later in charge of studies at the same directorate from 1986 to 1989. After serving as Director of Agro-Economic Inquiries and Agricultural Planning at the Ministry of Agriculture from 1989 to 1992, he was appointed to the government as Secretary of State at the Ministry of Planning and Spatial Planning on 27 November 1992. He was moved to the post of Secretary of State at the Ministry of Transport on 21 July 1994 before being promoted to the position of Minister of Agriculture on 7 December 1997. After nearly five years as Minister of Agriculture, he was instead appointed as Minister of Scientific Research and Technology on 24 August 2002. In April 2003, he accompanied a group of scientists who went to

Mount Cameroon Mount Cameroon is an active volcano in the South West region of Cameroon next to the city of Buea near the Gulf of Guinea. Mount Cameroon is also known as Cameroon Mountain or Fako (the name of the higher of its two peaks) or by its indigenous n ...

to install seismographs in the wake of the volcano's June 2000 eruption. On that occasion, he said that the government wanted to do everything it could to prevent natural disasters. He was elected as a Vice-Chairman of the Seventh Session of the

Commission on Science and Technology for Development The United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) is a subsidiary body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the six main organs of the United Nations. It was established by the General Assembly in its r ...

, part of the

United Nations Economic and Social Council The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC; french: links=no, Conseil économique et social des Nations unies, ) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for coordinating the economic and social fields ...

, on 9 May 2003. Subsequently he was moved to the post of Minister of Employment and Vocational Training on 8 December 2004. Perevet is a member of the Central Committee of the Cameroonian People's Democratic Movement (RDPC). In the July 2007 municipal election, he headed the RDPC's list in

Koza KOZA (1230 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a Tejano music format, licensed to Odessa, Texas. The station was last owned by Stellar Media, Inc. History KOSA KOSA went on the air at 7 am on January 19, 1947, as the CBS radio station for the ...

, and it was victorious.Jackson Njiké
"Légitimité: Ces ministres qui se sont frottés aux urnes"
Repères, 25 July 2007 .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Perevet, Zacharie 1957 births Living people Government ministers of Cameroon Agriculture ministers of Cameroon Research ministers of Cameroon Cameroon People's Democratic Movement politicians