Elisabeth Tankeu was a Cameroon

Cameroon

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...

ian politician

Politician

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. She was the African Union's

African Union

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Commissioner of Trade and Industry.

Political career

From 1976 to 1979 Tankeu served as Deputy Director of Planning for Cameroon and from 1980 to 1983 she was Director of the same ministry. From 1983 to 1988 she was Deputy Minister for Planning of Industries and from 1988 to 1992 Minister for Planning and Regional Development.

Personal life

A mother of one, Elisabeth Tankeu, née Elisabeth Ngatchou Taenga, passed away on 16 October 2011 in a Hospital in Paris

Paris

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, France.
She was buried on 19 November 2011 in Bangoua, her husband's native town in West Cameroon.

External links

• Elisabeth Tankeu bio