Chief of the Defence Staff (Cameroon)

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.

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

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
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, 11 months	[2]