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THE SIMPLE TRUTH ABOUT PHILEMON YANG
PHILEMON Y. YANG Former Prime Minister of Cameroon

Date of Birth: 14 June 1947

Place of Birth: JIKEJEM-OKU, Bui Division, North West Region, Cameroon

Profession: Lawyer '''

Family Status: Married with four children

Secondary Education: at Cameroon Protestant College, Bali and at Cameroon College of Arts, Science and Technology, Bambili

University education: Studied Law in the University of Yaoundé; National School of Administration and Magistracy, Yaoundé; and University of Ottawa in Canada  University Degrees obtained:

	LL. B. (Honours), University of Yaoundé(1972)

	Diploma of the National school of Administration and Magistracy, Yaoundé, (1974)

	LL.M. University of Ottawa, Canada (1972)

	M.B.A. Century University, New Mexico, USA (1992)

Professional Positions Held:

	January 1975: State Counsel/Prosecutor at the Legal Department of the Court of Appeal in Buea, Cameroon

	30th June 1975 to 8th November 1979: Vice Minister of Territorial Administration

	8th November 1979 to 4th February 1984: Minister of Mines and Energy

	26th July 1984 to 8th December 2004: Ambassador of Cameroon to Canada

	8th December 2004 to 30th June 2009: Minister, Assistant Secretary General at the Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon in                Yaoundé

	30th June 2009 to 4th January 2019: Prime Minister, Head of Government of Cameroon.

Other Positions Held:

	1991- 2004 (14years): Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Canada

	Headed Cameroon’s delegation to the negotiations on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Prevention of Biotechnological Risk)                                    from 1998 to January 2000

	Chairman of the intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (ICCP) from January  2000 to March 2004

	2008 - 2013: Pioneer Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cameroon Airlines Corporation (CAMAIRCO)