Augustine Ngom Jua (24 November 1924 – 30 December 1977)[1][2] was the prime minister of the state of West Cameroon (formerly Southern Cameroons) in the Federal Republic of Cameroon from 13 May 1965 to 11 January 1968.[3][4]
Early life, education and career
editJua was born on 24 November 1924 at Wum in Cameroon. He went to local schools and worked as a teacher in the Bamenda area. He became a member of Wum Native Authority Council under the British Trusteeship administration in 1952.[5]
Politics
editWhen the British Southern Cameroons was separated from Eastern Nigeria in 1954, Jua was elected as a member of Southern Cameroon's House of assembly. In 1955 he helped Mr J.N Foncha found the Kamerun National Democratic Party (KNDP), a party which favors reunification with the French Cameroon. Jua was elected vice president of KNDP in 1963 in a contest with Mr Solomon Tandeng Muna. In 1965, after a constitutional amendment, President Ahmadou Ahidjo appointed Jua as prime minister. He was the head of that government for less than three years and after the elections in December 1967, Jua was replaced as prime minister by Mr Solomon Tandeng Muna.[5][3]
Later life and death
editAfter he was replaced as prime minister, Jua then retired and lived to see a unitory state created. He died on 30 December 1977, aged 53.[5]
References
edit- ^ Profile of Augustine Ngom Jua
- ^ "Republic of Ambazonia".
- ^ a b Song, Womai Ignatius (26 May 2017). "The Clash of the Titans: Augustine Ngom Jua, Solomon Tandeng Muna, and the Politics of Transition in Post-Colonial Anglophone Cameroon, 1961-1972" – via gradworks.umi.com.
- ^ Anyangwe, Carlson. (2008). Imperialistic Politics in Cameroun: Resistance & the Inception of the Restoration of the Statehood of Southern Cameroons. Bamenda: Langaa. p. 52. ISBN 978-9956-558-50-6.
- ^ a b c Uwechue, Raph (1991). MAKERS OF MODERN AFRICA: Profiles in History (2nd ed.). United Kingdom: Africa books Limited. pp. 309–310. ISBN 0903274183.
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