Henri Eyebe Ayissi

Henri Eyebe Ayissi (born September 24 1955 [http://www.spm.gov.cm/showgouv.php?module=showindividu&lang=fr&pers=202 Page on Ayissi] at Cameroonian government website fr icon.] Justin Blaise Akono, [http://www.camerounlink.net/fr/news.php?nid=32127&kat=1&seite=36 "Henri Eyebe Ayissi : 15 ans après ..."] , "Mutations" (Camerounlink.net), September 8, 2007 fr icon.] ) is a Cameroonian politician and diplomat who has been Minister of External Relations since September 2007.

Ayissi was born in Mbellé 2, a village in Obala District, Lekie Department, Center Province. After working at the "Inspection Générale" of the State from November 1981 to September 1982, he worked under the Prime Minister as Head of the Department of Legal Studies and Deputy Director of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs from September 1982 to February 1984. From August 1984 to September 1985 he worked at the Ministry of Public Service as Head of the Division of Research and Regulations. From September 1985 to January 1987, he was First "Chargé d'études" in the Division of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Planning, and on January 7 1987 he became Secretary of Ministerial Councils at the Presidency of the Republic. [http://ambacamfrance.org/ambacam%20MINREX%202.htm Biography of Ayissi] at the website of the Cameroonian embassy to France fr icon.] He was then appointed Minister of Urban Planning and Housing in the government named on September 7 1990, serving in that position until he was replaced in the government named on November 27 1992. In 1998, he became Inspector-General of the Services of the Ministry of Higher Education, and he subsequently served as Inspector General on Electoral Issues at the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation. [http://www.spm.gov.cm/detail_art.php?id_art=1414&type=simpl&lang=en "Prime Minister installs newly appointed members of government"] , Cameroonian government website.] He was appointed as Foreign Minister by President Paul Biya on September 7 2007, replacing Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara, [ [http://apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article_eng&id_article=41343 "Cameroonian leader reshuffles his cabinet"] , African Press Agency, September 7, 2007.] and he was installed in office on September 10 2007.

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