Tikela Kemone

Tikela Kemone (born 1950) is a Cameroonian politician. He was Deputy Minister of Finance and Secretary of State for Finance during the 1980s;^[1] currently he is a Technical Adviser at the Presidency of the Republic, heading the Internal Affairs Department.^[2]

Born in Kaélé, Tikela Kemone worked as a teacher in the late 1970s and was then appointed to administrative positions in government ministries. From October 1980 to October 1981, he headed the General Affairs and Legislation Department under the Ministry of National Education's Department of Primary and Nursery Education. He was then moved to the Ministry of Finance, where he worked from October 1981 to November 1982 as Sub-Director of Inventory Accounting and then as Deputy Director of Account Balancing from November 1982 to August 1983.^[1]

After that succession of ministry jobs, Kemone left Yaoundé and headed a school in Kaélé from 22 August 1983^[1] until he was appointed to the government as Deputy Minister of Finance on 7 July 1984.^[1][3] He spent a little more than a year in the latter position before being appointed as Secretary of State for Finance on 24 August 1985.^[1] Later, on 16 May 1988, he was instead appointed as Secretary of State for Agriculture.^[4]

An insufficient level of rainfall in 1990 led Kemone to warn of potential food shortages that could affect 600,000 people in Far North Province.^[5] He remained in the government until 1992^[6] and was subsequently an Adviser at the Presidency.^[7] He served as Technical Adviser heading the Presidency's Special Affairs Department for a time^[8] and currently heads the Internal Affairs Department.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Biographie de M. TlKELA KEMONNE", Cameroon government website (French).
2. ^ ^{a b} Page at the Presidency website (French).
3. ^ "Sep 1984 - Attempted coup—Political changes—Budget", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 30, September, 1984 Cameroon, page 33075.
4. ^ West Africa, Issues 3699–3724 (1988), page 918.
5. ^ West Africa, Issue 3835, (1991), page 322 (French).
6. ^ "KEMONNE Tikela", CAMEROUN: LES HOMMES DE POUVOIR n°7, Africa Intelligence, 17 September 2002 (French).
7. ^ Africa International, Issues 279-290 (1995) (French).
8. ^ Page at Presidency website (2002 archive page) (French).

Persondata
Name	Kemone, Tikela
Alternative names
Short description	Government minister of Cameroon
Date of birth	1950
Place of birth	Kaélé, Cameroon
Date of death
Place of death