Njomgang Isaac was a Cameroonian politician and administrator. He was the First black local Cameroonian Administrator appointed in

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Post Colonial Administration. He was born in 1931 at Tsep,

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, and died in 2008. In 1954, the

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of Dschang in West Region was administered by a mixed group of white colonial Europeans (Messieurs Mouterde Emmanuel and Gauger Robert until 1959). They were replaced by Isaac, who was then the first local Cameroonian administrator of Dschang.

Education

Isaac received his education at the local school of Batoufam and the high school in Dschang. He received his undergraduate education in Nkongsamba's College. Isaac was then selected to study public law and public administration at the Cours De Selection of Public Administrators in Dschang. Men entering the public administrators' education at this time were generally selected carefully by the colonial administrators themselves; they required high ability, strong leadership and a sense of dedication.

Government service

From 1958 to 1976, Isaac was a

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(in French, ''préfet'', meaning the head of the capital of a department). There are 58 departments in Cameroon. As in the French model, the capital of a department is called the ''préfecture''. A department is under the authority of a prefect, appointed by presidential decree, meaning that the prefect upholds both the authority of the state and implicitly the authority of the region at the local level. Isaac was appointed by the Cameroonian President Ahmadou Ahidjo: *Prefect of the Department of Bamboutos - 1961–1964 *Prefect of Haut Nkam Department - 1964–1966http://cerco.mbscm.com/# *Prefect Boumba and Ngoko Department - 1966–1971 *Prefect of Mefou Department - 1971–1973 *Prefect of Mbam Department - 1973–1976 In 1974, he was appointed Director of Territorial Affairs at the

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in the Ahidjo's government. In December 1977, Isaac was appointed General Inspector of Territorial Affairs at the

in Ahidjo's government with the same ranking of a minister.

Personal life

He was married with nine children.

References

Ministere de l'Administration du Territoire Cameroun - Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Isaac, Njomgang Cameroonian politicians 1931 births Living people People from West Region (Cameroon)