List of prime ministers of Cameroon

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.<ref name="journalducameroun.com">Template:Cite web</ref>

List of officeholders

Political parties

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Election	Term of office			Political party	President
				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 Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 1960	Template:Nowrap 1960	Template:Ayd	UC	None Himself
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 2	File:No image.png	Charles Assalé Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 1960	Template:Nowrap 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 Template:Small	1964	Template:Nowrap 1961	Template:Nowrap 1965	Template:Ayd	UC	Ahidjo
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 2	File:No image.png	Vincent de Paul Ahanda Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 1965	Template:Nowrap 1965	Template:Ayd	UC
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 3	File:No image.png	Simon Pierre Tchoungui Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 1965	Template:Nowrap 1972	Template:Ayd	UC Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| Template:Small							UNC
West Cameroon
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1	File:John Ngu Foncha (1964).jpg	John Ngu Foncha Template:Small	1964	Template:Nowrap 1961	Template:Nowrap 1965	Template:Ayd	KNDP	Ahidjo
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 2	File:Image of Augustine Ngom Jua.jpg	Augustine Ngom Jua Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 1965	Template:Nowrap 1968	Template:Ayd	KNDP Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| Template:Small							UNC
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 3	File:Salomon Tandeng Muna.jpg	Salomon Tandeng Muna Template:Small	1970	Template:Nowrap 1968	Template:Nowrap 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 Template:Small	1978	Template:Nowrap 1975	Template:Nowrap 1982 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	UNC	Ahidjo
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 4	File:No image.png	Bello Bouba Maigari Template:Small	1983	Template:Nowrap 1982	Template:Nowrap 1983	Template:Ayd	UNC	Biya
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 5	File:Luc AYANG.jpg	Luc Ayang Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 1983	Template:Nowrap 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 Template:Small	1992	Template:Nowrap 1991	Template:Nowrap 1992	Template:Ayd	RDPC	Biya
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 7	File:Simon Achidi Achu (cropped).jpg	Simon Achidi Achu Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 1992	Template:Nowrap 1996	Template:Ayd	RDPC
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 8	File:Peter Mafany Musongue 2017 (cropped).jpg	Peter Mafany Musonge Template:Small	1997 2002	Template:Nowrap 1996	Template:Nowrap 2004	Template:Ayd	RDPC
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 9	File:Marquardt and Inoni (cropped).JPG	Ephraïm Inoni Template:Small	2007	Template:Nowrap 2004	Template:Nowrap 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 Template:Small	2013	Template:Nowrap 2009	Template:Nowrap 2019	Template:Ayd	RDPC
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 11	File:Nguté May 2019 (cropped).jpg	Joseph Ngute Template:Small	2020	Template:Nowrap 2019	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	RDPC

Timeline

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bar:Assalé
 from: 15/05/1960 till: 19/06/1965 color:uc   text:"Charles Assalé"
bar:Foncha
 from: 01/10/1961 till: 13/05/1965 color:kndp text:"John Ngu Foncha"
bar:Jua
 from: 13/05/1965 till: 01/09/1966 color:kndp
 from: 01/09/1966 till: 11/01/1968 color:unc  text:"Augustine Ngom Jua"
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 from: 19/06/1965 till: 20/11/1965 color:uc   text:"Vincent de Paul Ahanda"
bar:Tchoungui
 from: 20/11/1965 till: 01/09/1966 color:uc
 from: 01/09/1966 till: 02/06/1972 color:unc  text:"Simon Pierre Tchoungui"
bar:Muna
 from: 11/01/1968 till: 02/06/1972 color:unc  text:"Salomon Tandeng Muna"
bar:Biya
 from: 30/06/1975 till: 06/11/1982 color:unc  text:"Paul Biya"
bar:Maigari
 from: 06/11/1982 till: 22/08/1983 color:unc  text:"Bello Bouba Maigari"
bar:Ayang
 from: 22/08/1983 till: 25/01/1984 color:unc  text:"Luc Ayang"
bar:Hayatou
 from: 26/04/1991 till: 09/04/1992 color:rdpc text:"Sadou Hayatou"
bar:Achu
 from: 09/04/1992 till: 19/09/1996 color:rdpc text:"Simon Achidi Achu"
bar:Musonge
 from: 19/09/1996 till: 08/12/2004 color:rdpc text:"Peter Mafany Musonge"
bar:Inoni
 from: 08/12/2004 till: 30/06/2009 color:rdpc text:"Ephraïm Inoni"
bar:Yang
 from: 30/06/2009 till: 04/01/2019 color:rdpc text:"Philémon Yang"
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 from: 04/01/2019 till: $today     color:rdpc text:"Joseph Ngute"

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See also

• Politics of Cameroon
• President of Cameroon
  • List of presidents 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

External links

• Official Website
• World Statesmen – Cameroon