Yaouba Abdoulaye

Yaouba Abdoulaye
Minister Delegate to the Minister of Finance of Cameroon
Assumed office
2018
Personal details
Born1958 (age 67–68)
PartyCPDM

Yaouba Abdoulaye is a Cameroonian engineer and politician serving as the minister delegate to the minister of finance of Cameroon since 2018.

Biography

Abdoulaye was born in 1958 in Maroua, Far North Region, Cameroon.[1] He attended the National Higher School for Agronomy (ENSA) in Yaoundé where he obtained a degree in engineering and a minor in economics, graduating in 1984.[2] In 2001, he left Cameroon for France and studied at the Forhom Institute in La Rochelle, where he worked on a development project.[2]

Abdoulaye began his professional career in the Ministry of Agriculture.[2] In 1984, he was appointed department delegate for Vina, in Ngaoundéré.[2] After that, he served as the director general of the Mandara Mountains Integrated Development Mission from 1987 to 2006.[2] Abdoulaye entered the Cameroonian government as deputy minister to the minister of state, minister of planning, programming, development, and territorial development (MINPLAPDAT).[2] In 2009, Abdoulaye attended a conference in Rome to strengthen economic cooperation between Italy and Africa.[3] On March 2, 2018, he was appointed minister delegate to the minister of finance.[4]

Abdoulaye is a member of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) political party, and a member of the central committee of CPDM.[1] He was appointed a member of the CPDM's permanent delegation to Diamaré in the 2020 Cameroonian parliamentary election.[2] Abdoulaye is married and the father of six children.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Yaouba Abdoulaye". Republique du Cameroun - Ministere des Finances. 2023. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Yaouba Abdoulaye – COSUMAF: Commission de Surveillance du Marché Financier de l'Afrique Centrale" (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-24.
  3. ^ "Visite au Cameroun de S.E. Sergio MATTARELLA, Président de la République Italienne" (PDF). Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon. March 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
  4. ^ webmaster (2015-03-04). "Les Membres Titulaires du comité Central". Site Web Officiel du RDPC (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-24.