Emmanuel Bonde
Emmanuel Bonde | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Constitutional Council | |
| In office 7 February 2018 – 3 January 2025 | |
| Minister of Mines, Industry and Technological Development | |
| In office 9 December 2011 – 1 October 2015 | |
| Minister of the Public Service and Administrative Reform | |
| In office 2006–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Amana |
| Succeeded by | Ange Michel Angouin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 January 1947 Batouri, French Cameroon |
| Died | 3 January 2025 (aged 77) |
| Political party | CPDM |
| Education | École normale supérieure de Yaoundé |
| Occupation | Schoolteacher |
Emmanuel Bonde (14 January 1947 – 3 January 2025) was a Cameroonian politician of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM).[1]
Life and career
Born in Batouri on 14 January 1947, Bonde studied at the École normale supérieure de Yaoundé and became a schoolteacher.[2] He was then appointed attaché to the president's economic and social council, where he remained until 1978.[2] He then worked as a secretary of state to the Ministry of Public Health, then to the Ministry of Scientific and Technical Research, and lastly to the Ministry of Public Works.[2]
In 2006, Bonde was appointed Minister of the Public Service and Administrative Reform, where he servedfruntil 2011.[3] That year, he was appointed Minister of Mines, Industry and Technological Development, a position he held until 2015.[2] A longtime member of the CPDM, he resigned from the party upon his appointment to the Constitutional Council in 2018.[4]
Bonde died on 3 January 2025, at the age of 77.[5]
Distinctions
- Knight of the Order of Merit
- Grand Officer of the Order of Valour (2007)
References
- ^ Djaleu, Armand (4 January 2025). "Nécrologie : Emmanuel Bonde, membre du conseil constitutionnel est mort". Actu Cameroun (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Biography of Emmanuel BONDE". Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development.
- ^ "Ministère de la Fonction publique et de la Réforme administrative". osidimbea.cm (in French).
- ^ Onana, Bertin (6 March 2018). "Cameroun : les membres du Conseil constitutionnel prêtent serment ce jour". Journal du Cameroun (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Emmanuel Bondé tire sa révérence". Cameroon Radio Television (in French). 4 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.