List of prime ministers of Cameroon
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This is a list of prime ministers of Cameroon since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.
The current Prime Minister of Cameroon is Joseph Ngute, since 4 January 2019.[1]
List of officeholders
- Political parties
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| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Election | Term of office | Political party | President | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| Republic of Cameroon (1960–1961) | ||||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1 | File:JFKWHP-KN-C20437 (cropped).jpg | Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924–1989)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | 1 January 1960 | 15 May 1960 | Template:Ayd | UC | None Himself |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 2 | File:No image.png | Charles Assalé (1911–1999)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | 15 May 1960 | 1 October 1961 | Template:Ayd | UC | Ahidjo |
| Federal Republic of Cameroon (1961–1972) | ||||||||
| East Cameroon | ||||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1 | File:No image.png | Charles Assalé (1911–1999)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1964 | 1 October 1961 | 19 June 1965 | Template:Ayd | UC | Ahidjo |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 2 | File:No image.png | Vincent de Paul Ahanda (1918–1975)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | 19 June 1965 | 20 November 1965 | Template:Ayd | UC | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 3 | File:No image.png | Simon Pierre Tchoungui (1916–1997)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | 20 November 1965 | 2 June 1972 | Template:Ayd | UC (until 1966)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | UNC | |||||||
| West Cameroon | ||||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1 | File:John Ngu Foncha (1964).jpg | John Ngu Foncha (1916–1999)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1964 | 1 October 1961 | 13 May 1965 | Template:Ayd | KNDP | Ahidjo |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 2 | File:Image of Augustine Ngom Jua.jpg | Augustine Ngom Jua (1929–1977)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | 13 May 1965 | 11 January 1968 | Template:Ayd | KNDP (until 1966)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | UNC | |||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 3 | File:Salomon Tandeng Muna.jpg | Salomon Tandeng Muna (1912–2002)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1970 | 11 January 1968 | 2 June 1972 | Template:Ayd | UNC | |
| United Republic of Cameroon (1972–1984) | ||||||||
| Post abolished (2 June 1972 – 30 June 1975) | ||||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 3 | File:Paul Biya 2014.png | Paul Biya (born 1933)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1978 | 30 June 1975 | 6 November 1982 (Became president)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Template:Ayd | UNC | Ahidjo |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 4 | File:No image.png | Bello Bouba Maigari (born 1947)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1983 | 6 November 1982 | 22 August 1983 | Template:Ayd | UNC | Biya |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 5 | File:Luc AYANG.jpg | Luc Ayang (1947–2025)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | 22 August 1983 | 25 January 1984 | Template:Ayd | UNC | |
| Republic of Cameroon (1984–present) | ||||||||
| Post abolished (25 January 1984 – 26 April 1991) | ||||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 6 | File:No image.png | Sadou Hayatou (1942–2019)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1992 | 26 April 1991 | 9 April 1992 | Template:Ayd | RDPC | Biya |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 7 | File:Simon Achidi Achu (cropped).jpg | Simon Achidi Achu (1934–2021)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | 9 April 1992 | 19 September 1996 | Template:Ayd | RDPC | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 8 | File:Peter Mafany Musongue 2017 (cropped).jpg | Peter Mafany Musonge (born 1942)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1997 2002 |
19 September 1996 | 8 December 2004 | Template:Ayd | RDPC | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 9 | File:Marquardt and Inoni (cropped).JPG | Ephraïm Inoni (born 1947)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2007 | 8 December 2004 | 30 June 2009 | Template:Ayd | RDPC | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 10 | File:Philemon Yang, Prime Minister of Cameroon in London, 21 June 2010. (4720521915) cropped.jpg | Philémon Yang (born 1947)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2013 | 30 June 2009 | 4 January 2019 | Template:Ayd | RDPC | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 11 | File:Nguté May 2019 (cropped).jpg | Joseph Ngute (born 1954)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2020 | 4 January 2019 | Incumbent | Template:Ayd | RDPC | |
Timeline
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See also
- Politics of Cameroon
- President of Cameroon
- Prime Minister of Cameroon
- List of colonial governors of Cameroon
- List of heads of government of French Cameroon
- List of heads of government of British Cameroons
References
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