André-Marie Mbida

André-Marie Mbida (Known as "Mbida")

First Prime Minister of French Cameroun (1957–1958), Statesman, Nationalist

Born 1917-01-01

Endinding, Nyong-et-Mfoumou, Cameroon

Passed Away 1980-05-02 Paris, France

Lifespan 63 years old

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Pioneering Cameroonian statesman who served as the first native Prime Minister of French Cameroun (1957–1958), advocating early independence and democratic multi-party governance.

Biographical Record

André-Marie Mbida was born in 1917 in Endinding. Educated in Catholic seminaries in Yaoundé, Mbida worked in the colonial administration and judiciary before being elected in 1956 to the French National Assembly in Paris as deputy for Cameroun.

In May 1957, Mbida made history by being appointed the first Prime Minister of the autonomous state of Cameroun under the Loi-Cadre. Mbida adopted the Cameroonian national flag (the green-red-yellow tricolor) and national anthem. Resigning in 1958 following disputes over the pacification of the UPC rebellion, he founded the Parti Démocrate Camerounais, fearlessly opposing Ahidjo's one-party authoritarian state.

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Final Resting Place

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Endinding Family Burial Ground
Endinding, Cameroon

                         GPS: 3.8500, 11.5200                    

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