John Ngu Foncha’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Prime Minister fo Cameroon
Was Politician
From Cameroon
Type Politics
Gender male
Birth

21 June 1916, Bamenda

Death

10 April 1999, Bamenda
(aged 82 years)

John Ngu Foncha (21 June 1916, Bamenda – 10 April 1999) was a Cameroonian politician.
He founded the Kamerun National Democratic Party (KNDP) in 1955 and became Premier of the British Cameroons on 1 February 1959. He held that position until 1 October 1961, when the region merged into a federation with Francophone Cameroon.
From 1 October 1961 to 13 May 1965, Foncha concurrently served as Prime Minister of West Cameroon and Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Cameroon. He held the latter title until 1970.
In 1994, he led a delegation of the Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) to the United Nations to request its backing of the movement’s drive for greater autonomy in Cameroon’s two English-speaking provinces. His grandson is Jean-Christian Foncha.
He died in Bamenda on 10 April 1999 at the age of 82.

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