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MOUNOUNA FOUTSOU

Minister of Youth Affairs and Civic Education- Cameroon

Minister of Youth Affairs and Civic Education- Cameroon
Mounouna Foutsou is a Cameroonian political figure. He is the Minister of Youth Affairs and Civic Education since the Government reshuffle of October 2, 2015.

BIOGRAPHY:

  • Born in 1967 in BANGANA
  • Originally hails from the Far-North Region / Mayo-Danay Division
  • Married and father of 5 children

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:

  • 9 December 2011– 2 October 2015: Secretary of State to the Minister of Secondary Education in charge of Teacher Training
  • 30 June 2009– 8 December 2011: Secretary of State to the Minister of Secondary Education
  • 2005– June 2009: Head of the Division of Youth Economic Empowerment and National Coordinator of PAJER-U and PIFMAS projects at the Ministry of Youth Affairs
  • 1998– 2005: Head of the Real Estate Department of the State abroad / Directorate of Architecture and Housing at MINUH and later at MINDAF / Yaoundé
  • 1994– 1998: Design Engineer No. 5 at the Sub– of Maintenance / Department of Architecture and Housing at MINUH / Yaoundé
  • 1993: Served as additional staff at the provincial Town Planning Office of the Far-North in Maroua
  • 1992: Served as additional staff at the Town Planning Department of MINUH, at the Studies and Planning Services in Yaoundé

QUALIFICATIONS AND MAIN STUDIES

  • 1979– 1986: Secondary education at the CES (GSS) and later at Lycée (High School) of Maroua
  • 1986– 1990: Served as additional staff at de Yaoundé – Civil Engineering option 1990 – 1991:
  • 1990– 1991: National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) of Lyon in France (within the framework of the AUPELF / UREF inter-university exchange scholarships)

PARALLEL STUDIES

1986 -1990: 1st  and 2nd year of Economic Sciences at the Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences (FDSE) of the University of Yaoundé

CERTIFICATES OBTAINED

  • CEPE (FSLC): 1979 at Horlong / Mindif Public School
  • BEPC: 1983 at the CES (GSS) of Maroua, with honours
  • PROBATORY C: 1985 at the Maroua High School, with honours
  • BACCALAUREAT C: 1986 at Maroua High School
  • Diploma in Civil Engineering Design, specialising in Urban Engineering: 1990-1991
  • Degree in Economic Sciences– Specialisation in Economic Analysis and Policy (APE) from the University of Yaoundé: 1992
  • Master’s Degree in Economics from the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences (FSEG) of the University of Yaoundé II SOA: 1996 1996