Luc Ayang (born 1947Official government biography
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ian politician who served as

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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 1983 to 1984. He has been President of the Economic and Social Council of Cameroon since 1984.

Biography

An ethnic

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and a Christian, Ayang was born at Doukoula, located in the Karhay District of Mayo-Danay Department in the Far North Province. He graduated from the University of Yaounde with a degree in law and economics in 1972. In March 1975, he was appointed to a post in the Secretariat-General of the Presidency, as Head of the Service of Legislation and Regulation in the Division of Administrative and Legal Affairs. He was then named First Deputy Prefect of

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in September 1976, before entering the government as Minister of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries on 2 May 1978. After five years in that position, he became Prime Minister of Cameroon, on an interim basis,Luc Sindjoun
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, serving from 22 August 1983 to 25 January 1984, when the post of Prime Minister was eliminated through a constitutional amendment. Since 1984, Ayang has been the President of the Economic and Social Council. He is also a member of the Political Bureau of the ruling

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(CPDM). During the campaign for the 2004 presidential election, Ayang was a vice-president of the support and follow-up committee of Biya's election campaign in the Far North Province. Later, during the campaign for the July 2007 parliamentary and municipal elections, Ayang was a member of the CPDM's Central Campaign Committee; he was also President of the CPDM Provincial Campaign Committee in the Far North Province. In June 2013 he delivered a message from President Biya to Angolan President

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seeking a general increase in cooperation between the two countries."Le Cameroun pour le renforcement de la coopération avec l'Angola"
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Personal life

He is married with three children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ayang, Luc 1947 births Living people People from Far North Region (Cameroon) Cameroonian Christians Cameroon People's Democratic Movement politicians Prime Ministers of Cameroon Fisheries ministers of Cameroon