Peter Mafany Musonge (born 3 December 1942
, ''Afrique Express'' .) is a

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

ian politician who was

Prime Minister of Cameroon Under the current Constitution of Cameroon, the prime minister of Cameroon is a relatively powerless position. While the prime minister is officially appointed to be the head of government, the president retains most of the executive power and ...

from September 19, 1996, to December 8, 2004.

Biography

Musonge was born at Muea in the Fako Department of Cameroon's South-West Region. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in

civil engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

Drexel University Drexel University is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Drexel's undergraduate school was founded in 1891 by Anthony Joseph Drexel, Anthony J. Drexel, a financier ...

and received a Master of Science degree in

structural engineering Structural engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering in which structural engineers are trained to design the 'bones and joints' that create the form and shape of human-made Structure#Load-bearing, structures. Structural engineers also ...

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

, and has worked on a variety of development projects. He has been a longtime supporter and assistant of President

Paul Biya Paul Biya (born Paul Barthélemy Biya'a bi Mvondo, 13 February 1933) is a Cameroonian politician who has been serving as the second president of Cameroon since 1982. He was previously the fifth Prime Minister of Cameroon, prime minister under Pre ...

, and is an

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and a member of the

Bakweri The Bakweri (or Kwe) are a Bantu peoples, Bantu ethnic group of the Republic of Cameroon. They are closely related to Cameroon's coastal peoples (the The Sawa peoples of Cameroon, Sawa), particularly the Duala people, Duala and Isubu. Early surve ...

ethnic group. He left his position as Prime Minister after a cabinet reshuffle which followed Biya's successful 2004 reelection, for which Musonge served as campaign manager. Musonge is a member of the Central Committee of the ruling

Cameroon People's Democratic Movement The Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM; , RDPC) is the ruling political party in Cameroon. Previously known as the Cameroonian National Union, which had dominated Cameroon politics since independence in the 1960s, it was renamed in 1985 ...

(CPDM). Biya appointed Musonge as Grand Chancellor of National Orders on April 4, 2007. In May 2013, President Biya appointed Musonge to the

Senate of Cameroon The Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of Cameroon. It consists of 100 members with 70 of them being elected and 30 being appointed by the President of Cameroon, divided among the ten regions of the country. History The Senate was cre ...

. He was one of 30 senators to receive their seats by presidential appointment; the other 70 senators were indirectly elected. Biya appointed three senators for each

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

, and Musonge was one of the three to come from the South-West Region. There was some speculation that he might receive the post of President of the Senate, but

Marcel Niat Njifenji Marcel Niat Njifenji (born 26 October 1934Armand Essogo"Marcel Niat Njifenji, Un homme d’expérience à la tête du Sénat" ''Cameroon Tribune'', 13 June 2013 .) is a Cameroonian politician who has been President of the Senate of Cameroon sinc ...

was elected to that post on 12 June 2013. Musonge was instead designated as President of the CPDM's Senate Parliamentary Group.Armelle Nya
"Cameroun : Marcel Niat Njifenji élu président du Sénat"
''Jeune Afrique'', 13 June 2013 .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Musonge, Peter Mafany 1942 births Living people Drexel University alumni Prime ministers of Cameroon Cameroon People's Democratic Movement politicians