Mahamat Paba Salé (born 1950 ) is a

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ian

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who has been Cameroon's Ambassador to

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since January 2009.

Background and education

Born in Kousséri, Paba Salé received his primary education there from 1956 to 1963 before attending secondary school in Garoua from June 1963 to March 1970. Subsequently, he attended the University of Yaoundé, where he studied geography, from October 1970 to October 1974.

Administrative and diplomatic career

In November 1981, Paba Salé was appointed as a Research Officer (''Chargé d'études'') at the Delegation-General for Scientific and Technical Research, while he also taught at the University of Yaoundé. Later, he briefly worked as a Technical Adviser at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research from May 1984Jean Francis Belibi
"Mahamat Paba Sale - De Rabat à Moscou"
''Mutations'', 20 February 2008 . until he was appointed to the government as Minister-Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs on 7 July 1984. Paba Salé served for about two years in the government. Subsequently, he was Ambassador to

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

, eventually becoming the longest-serving African ambassador to Morocco. He remained at his post in Morocco until 2008. Following the death of André Ngongang Ouandji, Cameroon's Ambassador to Russia, on 27 June 2007, President

Paul Biya Paul Biya (born Paul Barthélemy Biya'a bi Mvondo, 13 February 1933) is a Cameroonian politician who has been serving as the second president of Cameroon since 1982. He was previously the fifth Prime Minister of Cameroon, prime minister under Pre ...

appointed Paba Salé to replace him on 19 February 2008. He presented his credentials to Russian President

Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician and lawyer who has served as Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020. Medvedev was also President of Russia between 2008 and 2012 and Prime Mini ...

almost a year later, on 16 January 2009."Послы иностранных государств, вручившие верительные грамоты Президенту России"
, Presidency of Russia, 16 January 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sale, Mahamat Paba 1950 births Living people Cameroonian Muslims Ambassadors of Cameroon to Russia Ambassadors of Cameroon to Morocco