Jacques Fame Ndongo

Jacques Fame Ndongo (born 15 November 1950) in Nkolandom, the South Region^[1], is a Cameroonian politician from the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement. He has served as Minister of Higher Education since 2004, currently in Joseph Ngute's government.^[2][3]

Jacques Fame Ndongo in 2014.

Career

He began his career in 1972 in the written press as head of the national section at the Cameroon Press Agency. From 1974 to 1978, he became coordinator of the French editorial team at the Cameroon Tribune. He began his academic career in 1978 as a lecturer at the University of Yaoundé until 1980, then became a lecturer for the next eight years. From 1981 to 1993, he held the position of deputy director of the École Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de l'Information et de la Communication^[4].

He became a lecturer in 1988, then a full professor at Cameroonian universities in 1992^[5]. In 1998, he was appointed Rector of the University of Yaoundé I, a position he held from 30 October 1998 to March 2000.

Politics

Education

After obtaining a baccalaureate (literature stream) in 1969 from the Collège F.X. Vogt, he continued his studies at the École Supérieure de Journalisme de Lille in June 1972. In 1973, he earned a bachelor's degree in literature and a postgraduate diploma in African literature from the University of Yaoundé I. In 1978, he defended his doctoral thesis. He received his doctorate in semiotics from the University of Lille in 1984^[6]. Since 1992, he has been a professor of literature and semiotics.