Chief of the Defence Staff (Cameroon)

Chief of the Defence Staff
Chief of the Defence Staff
Chef d'État-major des Forces armées
	Incumbent; Army corps general René Claude Meka; since September 2001
Reports to	Minister of Defence
Appointer	President
Constituting instrument	Presidential Decree No. 2001/182
Website	Official website

The Chief of the Defence Staff (French: Chef d'État-major des Forces armées camerounaises) is the professional head of the Cameroon Armed Forces. They are responsible for the administration and operational control of the military.

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Army corps general Pierre Semengue [fr] (born 1935)	1961	September 2001	39–40 years	^[1]
2		Army corps general René Claude Meka (born 1939)	September 2001	Incumbent	23 years, 4 months	^[2]

References

^ Ndoumbe, Nathan (5 April 2018). "06 Avril 1984 – Pierre Semengue: Le général et le trou du climatiseur". Actu Cameroun (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2025.
^ "Coup d'Etat imminent : Voici ce que prépare le général Rene Claude Meka, Paul Biya impuissant". Cameroun Web (in French). 6 September 2023.

[1] Ndoumbe, Nathan (5 April 2018). "06 Avril 1984 – Pierre Semengue: Le général et le trou du climatiseur". Actu Cameroun (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2025.

[2] "Coup d'Etat imminent : Voici ce que prépare le général Rene Claude Meka, Paul Biya impuissant". Cameroun Web (in French). 6 September 2023.

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