Hamadjoda Adjoudji (1937''Les Élites africaines''
(1985), page 249 . – 7 November 2018) was a Cameroonian politician. He served in the government of Cameroon as Minister of Animal Husbandry, Fishing, and Animal Industries from 1984 to 2004.Jean Calvin Ovono
"Le Top 264 de Paul Biya ou la liste des 264 ministres utilisés en 26 ans de Renouveau!"
icicemac.com, 3 December 2008 . Most recently he was a Deputy Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the

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 ...

(RDPC).

Biography

Hamadjoda was born in Banyo, located in what later became

Adamawa Region The Adamawa Region (french: Région de l'Adamaoua) is a constituent region of the Republic of Cameroon. It borders the Centre and East regions to the south, the Northwest and West regions to the southwest, Nigeria to the west, the Central Afr ...

. A veterinary doctor by profession, he was Head of the Provincial Sector of Animal Husbandry and Animal Industries from November 1972 to March 1974. Subsequently, he was Director-General of the Animal Production Development and Exploitation Company (SODEPA) from March 1974 to July 1984. Appointed to the government by President Paul Biya as Minister of Animal Husbandry, Fishing, and Animal Industries on 7 July 1984, Hamadjoda remained in that position for over twenty years; he was eventually replaced in December 2004. He headed a ministry for longer than anyone else in Cameroon's history since it achieved its independence in 1960. Following his departure from the government, Hamadjoda Adjoudji became Chairman of the Board of the Public Contract Regulatory Agency (''Agence de régulation des marchés publics'', ARMP)."Les "papys" de la lutte anticorruption"
, ''La lettre du continent'', number 516, Africa Intelligence, 19 April 2007 . President Paul Biya also appointed him as Chairman of the Board of the

University of Ngaoundere A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ro ...

on 10 September 2005. On 15 March 2007 President Biya additionally appointed Hamadjoda Adjoudji to a three-year term on the Coordination Committee of the National Anti-Corruption Commission. He and the other members of the Commission were sworn in on 30 May 2007. Adjoudji died on 7 November 2018 at the age of 81.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adjoudji, Hamadjoda 1937 births 2018 deaths Fisheries ministers of Cameroon Cameroon People's Democratic Movement politicians People from Adamawa Region