Gibering Bol Alima
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Gibering Bol Alima | |
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Born | February 20, 1942 Mbanga, Littoral Region, Cameroon |
Died | July 30, 1999 Yaoundé General Hospital, Cameroon |
Nationality | Cameroonian |
Alma mater | University of London |
Occupation(s) | Politician, agronomist engineer |
Known for | Ministerial roles, Political career |
Gibering Bol Alima was a Cameroonian political figure. An agronomist engineer by training, he held administrative and then political functions as minister, ambassador and deputy.
Early life and education
[edit]Born on February 20, 1942, in Mbanga in the Littoral region of Cameroon, he did his secondary studies at the Lycée Général Leclerc in Yaoundé, where he obtained the Baccalaureate in elementary mathematics in 1962.[1]
Then admitted to the École Nationale Supérieure Agronomic, he obtained his agronomic engineer diploma in 1966.[citation needed]
In the meantime, he also obtained the Certificate of Higher Studies in Physical Sciences at the Federal University of Cameroon in 1965.[citation needed]
In 1968 he graduated from the École supérieure d'agronomie tropical de Nogent-sur-Marne in France. In 1969, he graduated from Orstom in Paris in the field of research Agronomy. And to complete his studies, he obtained the PHD. in Agronomy in 1978 at the University of London.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]Administratively, Gibering Bol Alima occupied several positions:
- Head of the Haut-Nyong agricultural district in Abong-Mbang (1966–1967)
- Deputy Director of ENSA (1970–1975)
- Co-director of the FAO/ENSA project (1973–1976)
- Director of ENSA (1975–1979)
- Director General of the University Center of Dschang cumulatively with his functions as Director of ENSA from August 7, 1978.[citation needed]
He held several political positions:
- Minister of Planning and Industry (April 12, 1983 – February 4,[2] 1984)
- Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research (February 4, 1984 – August 24, 1985)
- Ambassador of Cameroon to the United Kingdom (January 22, 1987 – October 5, 1994).[3]
- Member of the Central Committee of the Cameroonian National Union from 1980 to 1985, where he served as Deputy Secretary for Youth.
In May 1997, during the 1997 Cameroonian parliamentary election, he was elected Cameroon People's Democratic Movement deputy from Mbam-et-Inoubou to the National Assembly until his death on July 30, 1999 at the Yaoundé General Hospital.[citation needed]
Publications
[edit]- "Development and use of human resources in Cameroon", (Clé editions, Yaoundé, 1984). Preliminary studies on the biological effects of cutting height on the growth and development of Stylosauthes gracilis HBK'.[4]
- "Rapport de stage de deuxième année" ("Second year internship report"). Biology Series, 1974, (23), pp. 57-65. Study at the Adiopodoumé Laboratory in Ivory Coast. ORSTOM, 1969, 85 p. multigr.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Présentation de Dr. Bol Alima". atangana-eteme-emeran.com. Retrieved 9 July 2016.[dead link]
- ^ "Les gouvernements de Paul Biya". lesgouvernementsdepaulbiya.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.[dead link]
- ^ "His excellency Dr Gibering Bol Alima". checkcompagny.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2016.[dead link]
- ^ "Cahiers de l'Orstom". documentation.ird.fr. Retrieved 9 July 2016..
- ^ "Étude au Laboratoire d'Adiopodoumé en Côte d'ivoire". documentation.ird.fr. Retrieved 9 July 2016..
Bibliography
[edit]- Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (Historical Dictionaries of Africa book 113) 4th Edition, by Mark Dike DeLancey, Rebecca Neh Mbuh, Mark W. DeLancey, Publisher: Scarecrow Press; 4 edition (May 3, 2010),
- "Les intellectuels camerounais sous le régime Ahidjo (1958–1982), Maximin Emagna" (PDF). gap.ugent.be. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- 1942 births
- 1999 deaths
- Members of the National Assembly (Cameroon)
- Government ministers of Cameroon
- Higher education ministers of Cameroon
- Cameroon People's Democratic Movement politicians
- Ambassadors of Cameroon
- 20th-century agronomists
- Alumni of the University of London
- People from Littoral Region (Cameroon)