Cameroon: Political structure
- Content Type
- Country Data and Maps
- Institution
- Economist Intelligence Unit
- Abstract
- No abstract is available.
- Topic
- Politics, Summary, Political structure
- Political Geography
- Cameroon
Official name
République du Cameroun
Form of state
Unitary republic
Legal system
Based on English common law and the Napoleonic Code
National legislature
National Assembly with 180 members; elected by universal suffrage; members sit three times a year, in March, June and November, and serve a term of five years. Senate with 100 members, 70 of which elected by indirect suffrage and 30 appointed by the president
National elections
October 2018 (presidential) and February 2020 (legislative); the next presidential election is due in October 2025, and the next legislative election is due in early 2025
Head of state
President; elected by universal suffrage
National government
Consists of the prime minister and Council of Ministers; includes the Rassemblement démocratique du peuple camerounais (RDPC) and the Union nationale pour la démocratie et le progrès (UNDP); the cabinet was last reshuffled in October 2015. The composition of the parliament and the government below reflects the situation before the February 2020 legislative election
Main political parties
RDPC, 153 seats in the National Assembly; Social Democratic Front (SDF), 16 seats; Union démocratique du Cameroun (UDC), six seats; UNDP, four seats; and Mouvement progressiste (MP), one seat
President: Paul Biya
Prime minister: Joseph Dion Ngute
Vice-prime minister & relations with assemblies: Amadou Ali
Ministers of state
Justice: Laurent Esso
Tourism & leisure: Bello Bouba Maigari
Key ministers
Agriculture & rural development: Henri Ayissi Eyebe
Commerce: Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana
Communication: Issa Tchiroma Bakary
Decentralisation & local development: Elanga Obam George
Defence: Edgar Alain Mébé Ngo'o
Economy, planning & regional development: Alamine Ousmane Mey
Employment & vocational training: Zacharie Perevet
Energy & water: Eloundou Essomba Gaston
Environment: Pierre Hele
External relations: Samuel Mvondo Ayolo
Finance: Alamine Ousmane Mey
Health: André Mama Fouda
Higher education: Jacques Fame Ndongo
Industry, mining & technology: Ernest Ngwaboubou
Labour & social security: Gregoire Owona
Post & telecommunications: Libom Li Likeng
Public service & administrative reforms: Michel Ange Angouin
Public works: Emmanuel Nganou Djoumessi
Secretary-general at the presidency: Peter Agbor Tabi
Transport: Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo'o
Governor of Banque des Etats de l'Afrique centrale
Abbas Mahamat Tolli
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