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{{Short description|Cameroonian politician (born 1942)}}
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| name = Peter Mafany Musonge
| name       = Peter Mafany Musonge
| image = Peter Mafany Musongue 2017 (cropped).jpg
| image       = Peter Mafany Musongue 2017 (cropped).jpg
| order = [[List of Prime Ministers of Cameroon|6th]] [[Prime Minister of Cameroon]]
| office      = 6th [[Prime Minister of Cameroon]]
| term_start = September 19, 1996
| term_start = September 19, 1996
| term_end = December 8, 2004
| term_end   = December 8, 2004
| president = [[Paul Biya]]
| president   = [[Paul Biya]]
| predecessor = [[Simon Achidi Achu]]
| predecessor = [[Simon Achidi Achu]]
| successor = [[Ephraïm Inoni]]
| successor   = [[Ephraïm Inoni]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|12|3|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|12|3|df=yes}}
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| birth_place = [[Muea]], [[British Cameroons]]
| death_date =
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| profession = [[civil engineer]]
| party       = [[Cameroon People's Democratic Movement]]
| party = [[Cameroon People's Democratic Movement|CPDM]]
| education  = [[Drexel University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]]) <br/> [[Stanford University]] ([[Master of Science|MS]])
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'''Peter Mafany Musonge''' (born 3 December 1942<ref name=AE>[http://www.afrique-express.com/archive/CENTRALE/cameroun/camerounbio/musongebio.htm "Peter Mafany Musonge, le Premier ministre"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002151/http://www.afrique-express.com/archive/CENTRALE/cameroun/camerounbio/musongebio.htm |date=2007-09-27 }}, ''Afrique Express'' {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>) is a [[Cameroon]]ian politician who was [[Prime Minister of Cameroon]] from September 19, 1996, to December 8, 2004.
'''Peter Mafany Musonge''' (born 3 December 1942) is a Cameroonian engineer and politician who served as the 6th [[Prime Minister of Cameroon]] from 1996 to 2004, and was a member of the [[Senate (Cameroon)|Senate]] from 2013 to 2017. During his tenure in the senate he was president of the [[Cameroon People's Democratic Movement]]'s parliamentary group. Prior to his tenure as prime minister he was an engineer and head of the [[Cameroon Development Corporation]] from 1988 to 1996.


==Biography==
==Early life and education==
Musonge was born at Muea in the [[Fako Department]] of Cameroon's [[Southwest Region (Cameroon)|South-West Region]].<ref name=AE/> He received a Bachelor of Science degree in [[civil engineering]] at [[Drexel University]] and received a Master of Science degree in [[structural engineering]] at [[Stanford University]], and has worked on a variety of development projects. He has been a longtime supporter and assistant of President [[Paul Biya]], and is an [[English-speaking world|Anglophone]] and a member of the [[Bakweri]] ethnic group. He left his position as Prime Minister after a cabinet reshuffle which followed Biya's successful 2004 reelection, for which Musonge served as campaign manager.
Peter Mafany Musonge was born in [[Muea]], [[British Cameroon]], on 3 December 1942. He attended St. Joseph's College from 1957 to 1961. He graduated from [[Drexel University]] with a [[bachelor of science]] in civil engineering in 1967, and from [[Stanford University]] with a [[master of science]] in structural engineering in 1968.{{sfn|H. E. Peter Mafany Musonge}}


Musonge is a member of the Central Committee of the ruling [[Cameroon People's Democratic Movement]] (CPDM).<ref>[http://www.rdpcpdm.cm/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=56 List of members of the RDPC Central Committee] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630200238/http://www.rdpcpdm.cm/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=56 |date=2007-06-30 }}, RDPC website {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> Biya appointed Musonge as Grand Chancellor of National Orders on April 4, 2007.<ref>Kini Nsom, [http://www.postnewsline.com/2007/04/biya_overhauls_.html "Biya Overhauls CPDM Machinery, Appoints New SG"], ''The Post'' (Cameroon), April 10, 2007.</ref>
==Career==
Musonge became an engineer at the Ministry of Equipment in the 1970s. He became Director General of the National Civil Engineering Laboratory in 1980, and served until 1984.{{sfn|H. E. Peter Mafany Musonge}}{{sfn|Manciaux|2013}} He was in charge of the National Civil Engineering Equipment Pool from 1984 to 1988. Musonge was the head of the [[Cameroon Development Corporation]] from 1988 to 1996. From 1996 to 2004, he served as [[Prime Minister of Cameroon]].{{sfn|H. E. Peter Mafany Musonge}}{{sfn|Dougueli|2016}}


In May 2013, President Biya appointed Musonge to the [[Senate of Cameroon]]. He was one of 30 senators to receive their seats by presidential appointment; the other 70 senators were indirectly elected. Biya appointed three senators for each [[regions of Cameroon|region]], and Musonge was one of the three to come from the South-West Region.<ref>Daniel Kameni, [http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/201305101581.html "Cameroun: La liste des 100 sénateurs"], ''Mutations'', 10 May 2013 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> There was some speculation that he might receive the post of President of the Senate, but [[Marcel Niat Njifenji]] was elected to that post on 12 June 2013. Musonge was instead designated as President of the CPDM's Senate Parliamentary Group.<ref>Armelle Nya, [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20130613075703/cameroun-rdpc-paul-biya-senat-camerounaiscameroun-marcel-niat-njifenji-elu-president-du-senat.html "Cameroun : Marcel Niat Njifenji élu président du Sénat"], ''Jeune Afrique'', 13 June 2013 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>
President [[Paul Biya]] appointed Musonge to the [[Senate (Cameroon)|Senate]] in 2013.{{sfn|Manciaux|2013}} In 2013, he was elected president of the [[Cameroon People's Democratic Movement]] (RDPC)'s parliamentary group in the senate.{{sfn|Nkwebo|2013}} Musonge has been noted as a member of the [[gerontocracy]] leading Cameroon.{{sfn|Dougueli|2022}} He resigned from the senate on 22 June 2017.{{sfn|Kendemeh|2017}}
 
==Personal life==
Musonge is married and is the father of four children. The [[Order of Valour]] and [[Legion of Honour]] have been awarded to him.{{sfn|H. E. Peter Mafany Musonge}}


==References==
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===News===
* {{Cite news |last=Dougueli |first=Georges |date=8 March 2022 |title=Cameroun: bienvenue en gérontocratie |work=[[Jeune Afrique]] |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1322244/politique/cameroun-bienvenue-en-gerontocratie/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704151720/https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1322244/politique/cameroun-bienvenue-en-gerontocratie/ |archive-date=4 July 2025}}
* {{Cite news |last=Dougueli |first=Georges |date=28 June 2016 |title=Peter Mafany Musonge, le pilier de Biya |work=[[Jeune Afrique]] |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/mag/334828/societe/peter-mafany-musonge-pilier-de-biya/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704150703/https://www.jeuneafrique.com/mag/334828/societe/peter-mafany-musonge-pilier-de-biya/ |archive-date=4 July 2025}}
* {{Cite news |last=Kendemeh |first=Emmanuel |date=7 July 2017 |title=Cameroon: Senate - Mafany Musonge Bids Farewell |work=[[allAfrica]] |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201707100340.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704152138/https://allafrica.com/stories/201707100340.html |archive-date=4 July 2025}}
* {{Cite news |last=Manciaux |first=Cécile |date=6 September 2013 |title=Peter Mafany Musonge |work=[[Jeune Afrique]] |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/136339/politique/peter-mafany-musonge/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704151016/https://www.jeuneafrique.com/136339/politique/peter-mafany-musonge/ |archive-date=4 July 2025}}
* {{Cite news |last=Nkwebo |first=Denis |date=13 June 2013 |title=Cameroun: Marcel Niat Njifenji élu président du Sénat |work=[[Jeune Afrique]] |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/170270/politique/cameroun-marcel-niat-njifenji-lu-pr-sident-du-s-nat/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704150208/https://www.jeuneafrique.com/170270/politique/cameroun-marcel-niat-njifenji-lu-pr-sident-du-s-nat/ |archive-date=4 July 2025}}
===Web===
* {{Cite web |title=H. E. Peter Mafany Musonge |publisher=[[Cameroon]] |url=https://www.cnpbm.cm/en/members/h-e-peter-mafany-musonge |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304071238/https://www.cnpbm.cm/en/members/h-e-peter-mafany-musonge |archive-date=4 March 2024 |ref={{harvid|H. E. Peter Mafany Musonge}}}}
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Peter Mafany Musonge (born 3 December 1942) is a Cameroonian engineer and politician who served as the 6th Prime Minister of Cameroon from 1996 to 2004, and was a member of the Senate from 2013 to 2017. During his tenure in the senate he was president of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement's parliamentary group. Prior to his tenure as prime minister he was an engineer and head of the Cameroon Development Corporation from 1988 to 1996.

Early life and education

Peter Mafany Musonge was born in Muea, British Cameroon, on 3 December 1942. He attended St. Joseph's College from 1957 to 1961. He graduated from Drexel University with a bachelor of science in civil engineering in 1967, and from Stanford University with a master of science in structural engineering in 1968.Template:Sfn

Career

Musonge became an engineer at the Ministry of Equipment in the 1970s. He became Director General of the National Civil Engineering Laboratory in 1980, and served until 1984.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn He was in charge of the National Civil Engineering Equipment Pool from 1984 to 1988. Musonge was the head of the Cameroon Development Corporation from 1988 to 1996. From 1996 to 2004, he served as Prime Minister of Cameroon.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

President Paul Biya appointed Musonge to the Senate in 2013.Template:Sfn In 2013, he was elected president of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC)'s parliamentary group in the senate.Template:Sfn Musonge has been noted as a member of the gerontocracy leading Cameroon.Template:Sfn He resigned from the senate on 22 June 2017.Template:Sfn

Personal life

Musonge is married and is the father of four children. The Order of Valour and Legion of Honour have been awarded to him.Template:Sfn

References

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