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Emmanuel Bonde

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Emmanuel Bonde
Member of the Constitutional Council [fr]
In office
7 February 2018 – 3 January 2025
Minister of Mines, Industry and Technological Development [fr]
In office
9 December 2011 – 1 October 2015
Minister of the Public Service and Administrative Reform [fr]
In office
2006–2011
Preceded byBenjamin Amana
Succeeded byAnge Michel Angouin
Personal details
Born14 January 1947
Batouri, French Cameroon
Died3 January 2025(2025-01-03) (aged 77)
Political partyCPDM
EducationÉcole normale supérieure de Yaoundé [fr]
OccupationSchoolteacher

Emmanuel Bonde (14 January 1947 – 3 January 2025) was a Cameroonian politician of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM).[1]

Biography

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Born in Batouri on 14 January 1947, Bonde studied at the École normale supérieure de Yaoundé [fr] 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 [fr], where he served until 2011.[3] That year, he was appointed Minister of Mines, Industry and Technological Development [fr], 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 [fr] in 2018.[4]

Emmanuel Bonde died on 3 January 2025, at the age of 77.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ Djaleu, Armand (4 January 2025). "Nécrologie : Emmanuel Bonde, membre du conseil constitutionnel est mort". French (in Actu Cameroun). Retrieved 8 January 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. ^ a b c d "Biography of Emmanuel BONDE". Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development.
  3. ^ "Ministère de la Fonction publique et de la Réforme administrative". OSIDIMBEA (in French).
  4. ^ Onana, Bertin (6 March 2018). "Cameroun : les membres du Conseil constitutionnel prêtent serment ce jour". Journal du Cameroun (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Emmanuel Bondé tire sa révérence". Cameroon Radio Television (in French). 4 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.