Philémon Yang
| Philémon Yang | |
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| Prime Minister of Cameroon | |
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Assumed office 30 June 2009 |
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| President | Paul Biya |
| Preceded by | Ephraïm Inoni |
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14 June 1947 Jikejem-Oku, Cameroons (now Cameroon) |
| Political party | CPDM |
| Alma mater | University of Yaoundé |
Philémon Yunji Yang (born June 14, 1947) is a Cameroonian politician who has been Prime Minister of Cameroon since 30 June 2009. Previously he was Assistant Secretary General of the Presidency, with the rank of minister, from 2004 to 2009. He served in the government from 1975 to 1984 and was Cameroon's Ambassador to Canada from 1984 to 2004.
Yang was born in Jikejem-Oku, located in the Bui Division of the Northwest Region of Cameroon. After studying law at the University of Yaoundé, he became a prosecutor at the Court of Appeal in Buea in January 1975. He was appointed to the government as Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration on June 30, 1975 and promoted to the post of Minister of Mines and Energy on November 8, 1979. He remained in the latter position for more than four years before being dismissed from the government on February 4, 1984. He then became Ambassador to Canada on 23 October 1984, remaining in that post for 20 years; his title changed to High Commissioner when Cameroon joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1995. He also served as the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Canada for about 10 years.
Yang's time in Ottawa was dedicated to securing more foreign aid for his country, despite Canadian concerns about human rights abuses and corruption. Along with other representatives of African countries, he was pleased by Canada's commitment to debt relief in 2000. Yang lived in Ottawa's Grenfell Glen neighbourhood during his long stint as High Commissioner. He headed Cameroon's delegation to the negotiations on the from February 1998 to January 2000, and after the Protocol was adopted on January 29, 2000, he became chairman of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol (ICCP).
He remained High Commissioner to Canada until he was appointed as Assistant Secretary-General of the Presidency of Cameroon on December 8, 2004. He left Ottawa on December 17 and was installed as Assistant Secretary-General of the Presidency on December 21. Later, Yang was appointed as chairman of the board of directors of the Cameroon Airlines Corporation in late December 2008.
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