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