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{{Politics of Cameroon}}

This is a '''list of [[Prime Minister of Cameroon|prime minister]]s 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">{{cite web|url=https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/dion-ngute-appointed-as-cameroons-new-prime-minister/|title=Dion Ngute appointed as Cameroon's new Prime Minister|date=4 January 2019|website=Journalducameroun.com|access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref>

==List of officeholders==
;Political parties
{{legend|{{party color|Cameroonian Union}}|[[Cameroonian Union]] (UC)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Cameroonian National Union}}|[[Cameroonian National Union]] (UNC)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Kamerun National Democratic Party}}|[[Kamerun National Democratic Party]] (KNDP)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Cameroon People's Democratic Movement}}|[[Cameroon People's Democratic Movement]] (RDPC)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br>{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Election
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |President
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! colspan="9" |[[Cameroon#Independence|Republic of Cameroon]] (1960–1961)
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cameroonian Union}}; color:white;"| 1
| [[File:JFKWHP-KN-C20437 (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| [[Ahmadou Ahidjo]]<br>{{small|(1924–1989)}}
| —
| {{nowrap|1 January}} 1960
| {{nowrap|15 May}} 1960
| {{ayd|1960|01|01|1960|05|15}}
| [[Cameroonian Union|UC]]
| ''None''<hr />''Himself''
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cameroonian Union}}; color:white;"| 2
| [[File:No image.png|90px]]
| [[Charles Assalé]]<br>{{small|(1911–1999)}}
| —
| {{nowrap|15 May}} 1960
| {{nowrap|1 October}} 1961
| {{ayd|1960|05|15|1961|10|01}}
| [[Cameroonian Union|UC]]
| [[Ahmadou Ahidjo|Ahidjo]]
|-
! colspan="9" |[[Cameroon#Federal Republic of Cameroon|Federal Republic of Cameroon]] (1961–1972)
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan="9" |[[East Cameroon]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cameroonian Union}}; color:white;"| 1
| [[File:No image.png|90px]]
| [[Charles Assalé]]<br>{{small|(1911–1999)}}
| [[1964 Cameroonian parliamentary election|1964]]
| {{nowrap|1 October}} 1961
| {{nowrap|19 June}} 1965
| {{ayd|1961|10|01|1965|06|19}}
| [[Cameroonian Union|UC]]
| rowspan=4|[[Ahmadou Ahidjo|Ahidjo]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cameroonian Union}}; color:white;"| 2
| [[File:No image.png|90px]]
| [[Vincent de Paul Ahanda]]<br>{{small|(1918–1975)}}
| —
| {{nowrap|19 June}} 1965
| {{nowrap|20 November}} 1965
| {{ayd|1965|06|19|1965|11|20}}
| [[Cameroonian Union|UC]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cameroonian Union}}; color:white;"| 3
| rowspan=2|[[File:No image.png|90px]]
| rowspan=2|[[Simon Pierre Tchoungui]]<br>{{small|(1916–1997)}}
| rowspan=2|—
| rowspan=2|{{nowrap|20 November}} 1965
| rowspan=2|{{nowrap|2 June}} 1972
| rowspan=2|{{ayd|1965|11|20|1972|06|02}}
| [[Cameroonian Union|UC]]<br>{{small|(until 1966)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cameroonian National Union}}; color:white;"| {{small|(3)}}
| [[Cameroonian National Union|UNC]]
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan="9" |[[West Cameroon]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Kamerun National Democratic Party}}; color:white;"| 1
| [[File:John Ngu Foncha (1964).jpg|90px]]
| [[John Ngu Foncha]]<br>{{small|(1916–1999)}}
| [[1964 Cameroonian parliamentary election|1964]]
| {{nowrap|1 October}} 1961
| {{nowrap|13 May}} 1965
| {{ayd|1961|10|01|1965|05|13}}
| [[Kamerun National Democratic Party|KNDP]]
| rowspan=4|[[Ahmadou Ahidjo|Ahidjo]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Kamerun National Democratic Party}}; color:white;"| 2
| rowspan=2|[[File:Image of Augustine Ngom Jua.jpg|90px]]
| rowspan=2|[[Augustine Ngom Jua]]<br>{{small|(1929–1977)}}
| rowspan=2|—
| rowspan=2|{{nowrap|13 May}} 1965
| rowspan=2|{{nowrap|11 January}} 1968
| rowspan=2|{{ayd|1965|05|13|1968|01|11}}
| [[Kamerun National Democratic Party|KNDP]]<br>{{small|(until 1966)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cameroonian National Union}}; color:white;"| {{small|(2)}}
| [[Cameroonian National Union|UNC]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cameroonian National Union}}; color:white;" | 3
| [[File:Salomon Tandeng Muna.jpg|90px]]
| [[Salomon Tandeng Muna]]<br>{{small|(1912–2002)}}
| [[1970 Cameroonian parliamentary election|1970]]
| {{nowrap|11 January}} 1968
| {{nowrap|2 June}} 1972
| {{ayd|1968|01|11|1972|06|02}}
| [[Cameroonian National Union|UNC]]
|-
! colspan="9" |[[Cameroon#United Republic of Cameroon and Republic of Cameroon|United Republic of Cameroon]] (1972–1984)
|-
| colspan="9" |Post abolished (2 June 1972 – 30 June 1975)
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cameroonian National Union}}; color:white;"| 3
| [[File:Paul Biya 2014.png|90px]]
| [[Paul Biya]]<br>{{small|(born 1933)}}
| [[1978 Cameroonian parliamentary election|1978]]
| {{nowrap|30 June}} 1975
| {{nowrap|6 November}} 1982<br>{{small|(Became president)}}
| {{ayd|1975|06|30|1982|11|06}}
| [[Cameroonian National Union|UNC]]
| [[Ahmadou Ahidjo|Ahidjo]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cameroonian National Union}}; color:white;"| 4
| [[File:No image.png|90px]]
| [[Bello Bouba Maigari]]<br>{{small|(born 1947)}}
| [[1983 Cameroonian parliamentary election|1983]]
| {{nowrap|6 November}} 1982
| {{nowrap|22 August}} 1983
| {{ayd|1982|11|06|1983|08|22}}
| [[Cameroonian National Union|UNC]]
| rowspan=2|[[Paul Biya|Biya]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cameroonian National Union}}; color:white;"| 5
| [[File:Luc AYANG.jpg|90px]]
| [[Luc Ayang]]<br>{{small|(1947–2025)}}
| —
| {{nowrap|22 August}} 1983
| {{nowrap|25 January}} 1984
| {{ayd|1983|08|22|1984|01|25}}
| [[Cameroonian National Union|UNC]]
|-
! colspan="9" |[[Cameroon|Republic of Cameroon]] (1984–present)
|-
| colspan="9" |Post abolished (25 January 1984 – 26 April 1991)
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cameroon People's Democratic Movement}}; color:white;"| 6
| [[File:No image.png|90px]]
| [[Sadou Hayatou]]<br>{{small|(1942–2019)}}
| [[1992 Cameroonian parliamentary election|1992]]
| {{nowrap|26 April}} 1991
| {{nowrap|9 April}} 1992
| {{ayd|1991|04|26|1992|04|09}}
| [[Cameroon People's Democratic Movement|RDPC]]
| rowspan=6|[[Paul Biya|Biya]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cameroon People's Democratic Movement}}; color:white;"| 7
| [[File:Simon Achidi Achu (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| [[Simon Achidi Achu]]<br>{{small|(1934–2021)}}
|—
| {{nowrap|9 April}} 1992
| {{nowrap|19 September}} 1996
| {{ayd|1992|04|09|1996|09|19}}
| [[Cameroon People's Democratic Movement|RDPC]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cameroon People's Democratic Movement}}; color:white;"| 8
| [[File:Peter Mafany Musongue 2017 (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| [[Peter Mafany Musonge]]<br>{{small|(born 1942)}}
| [[1997 Cameroonian parliamentary election|1997]]<br>[[2002 Cameroonian parliamentary election|2002]]
| {{nowrap|19 September}} 1996
| {{nowrap|8 December}} 2004
| {{ayd|1996|09|19|2004|12|08}}
| [[Cameroon People's Democratic Movement|RDPC]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cameroon People's Democratic Movement}}; color:white;"| 9
| [[File:Marquardt and Inoni (cropped).JPG|90px]]
| [[Ephraïm Inoni]]<br>{{small|(born 1947)}}
| [[2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election|2007]]
| {{nowrap|8 December}} 2004
| {{nowrap|30 June}} 2009
| {{ayd|2004|12|08|2009|06|30}}
| [[Cameroon People's Democratic Movement|RDPC]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cameroon People's Democratic Movement}}; color:white;"| 10
| [[File:Philemon Yang, Prime Minister of Cameroon in London, 21 June 2010. (4720521915) cropped.jpg|90px]]
| [[Philémon Yang]]<br>{{small|(born 1947)}}
| [[2013 Cameroonian parliamentary election|2013]]
| {{nowrap|30 June}} 2009
| {{nowrap|4 January}} 2019
| {{ayd|2009|06|30|2019|01|04}}
| [[Cameroon People's Democratic Movement|RDPC]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cameroon People's Democratic Movement}}; color:white;"| 11
| [[File:Nguté May 2019 (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| [[Joseph Ngute]]<br>{{small|(born 1954)}}
| [[2020 Cameroonian parliamentary election|2020]]
| {{nowrap|4 January}} 2019
| ''Incumbent''
| {{ayd|2019|01|04}}
| [[Cameroon People's Democratic Movement|RDPC]]
|}

==Timeline==
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  from: 15/05/1960 till: 19/06/1965 color:uc   text:"[[Charles Assalé]]"
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  from: 01/10/1961 till: 13/05/1965 color:kndp text:"[[John Ngu Foncha]]"
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  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]]"
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  from: 20/11/1965 till: 01/09/1966 color:uc
  from: 01/09/1966 till: 02/06/1972 color:unc  text:"[[Simon Pierre Tchoungui]]"
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  from: 11/01/1968 till: 02/06/1972 color:unc  text:"[[Salomon Tandeng Muna]]"
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  from: 30/06/1975 till: 06/11/1982 color:unc  text:"[[Paul Biya]]"
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  from: 06/11/1982 till: 22/08/1983 color:unc  text:"[[Bello Bouba Maigari]]"
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  from: 22/08/1983 till: 25/01/1984 color:unc  text:"[[Luc Ayang]]"
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  from: 26/04/1991 till: 09/04/1992 color:rdpc text:"[[Sadou Hayatou]]"
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  from: 09/04/1992 till: 19/09/1996 color:rdpc text:"[[Simon Achidi Achu]]"
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  from: 19/09/1996 till: 08/12/2004 color:rdpc text:"[[Peter Mafany Musonge]]"
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  from: 08/12/2004 till: 30/06/2009 color:rdpc text:"[[Ephraïm Inoni]]"
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  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]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110715013604/http://www.spm.gov.cm/index.php?L=1 Official Website]
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Cameroon.html World Statesmen – Cameroon]

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