Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara

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Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara (born March 27, 1954) is a Cameroonian politician. He was Minister of Higher Education from December 1997 to August 2002, Minister of State and Secretary General of the Presidency from August 2002 to September 2006, and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from September 2006[1] until he was dismissed from the government in a cabinet reshuffle on September 7, 2007.[2][3]

He was a member of the National Committee for the coordination of President Paul Biya's re-election campaign in the 2004 presidential election.[4] His dismissal in September 2007 was said to have been linked to his reported desire to succeed Biya, in addition to Biya's disapproval of a communiqué issued as a retort to Western criticisms of the July 2007 parliamentary election.[5]

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  1. ^ Cameroonian government pages: [1] [2] [3] [4]
  2. ^ "Cameroonian leader reshuffles his cabinet", African Press Agency, September 7, 2007.
  3. ^ "Remaniement: La Vidéo", cameroon-info.net, September 7, 2007 (French).
  4. ^ "President Paul Biya selects campaign team", 2004 presidential election website.
  5. ^ Kini Nsom and Nformi Sonde Kinsai, "Cameroon: Despite Cabinet Reshuffle Northerners Still Gun for Inoni's Job", The Post, Buea (allAfrica.com), September 13, 2007.
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Preceded by
Laurent Esso		 Foreign Minister of Cameroon
2006-2007		 Succeeded by
Henri Eyebe Ayissi
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