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Biography of Sale Charles
Civil status
Name and surname: Sale Charles;
names of parents: Sirous and Sonta;
Date and place of birth: 15 April 1952 in Woutchaba (East Province, Lom and Djerem division);
Residence: Belabo;
Marital status: married and father of 6 children;
Nationality: Cameroonian.
Primary Education
- Government Primary School Nanga Eboko;
- Government Primary School Bertoua
Secondary Education
- CES Nanga Eboko
- Lycée de Bertoua
- Lycée Leclerc
- Ndi Samba Evening School, Mvog Ada
University education
- Université de Bordeaux III, Talence
- University ofYaounde
Diplomas and certificates
- DEA in modem letters, specialised in women's literature;
- Post Graduate Diploma (Maîtrise) in Modem letters, specialised in African Literature;
- B.A. in modem letters, specialised in Negro African Literature, option Sociology);
- Baccalaureat in philosophy;
- Probatoire A4 ;
- Bepc ;
- Primary School Leaving Certificate (CEPE)
Professional qualification
- Administrative Contract Officer;
- CEO of enterprises;
- Consultant on environmental and forestry issues, promoter of eco tourism activities
Professional experience
- Ministry of Territorial Administration 1980/1982;
- Secretary General of the Bertoua Urban Council from July 1982 to June 1985;
- Municipal Administrator of the Belabo Rural Council from 1985 to December 1996;
- 1987/1988: President of the Union of Councils of Lom and Djerem;
- Mayor of Belabo Rural Council since 1996;
- President of the Regional Assembly of Councils and Towns of Cameroon (East Province);
- Member of Board of Directors of SONARA since 1994;
- June 1997 to April 2002, Member of Parliament of Cameroon;
- Chairman of the No. 5 Validation Bureau in the 7th legislature;
- June 2002, Vice President of the National Assembly;
- April 2004 to December 2004, Minister of Transport;
- December 2004, Minister of Industry, Mines and Technological Development.
Activities
- Human, material and financial resource management
- Provide training for Secretaries General of Councils Promoter of an FM radio Station
In addition, Development of fruitful partnerships with national and international financial institutions such as FEICOM, Credit Foncier and the World Bank
Activities: in parliament and in politics in general
- Member of the Production, Town Planning and Internal Trade Committee during the 6th legislature;
- Member of the contact group for the putting in place of the Forum of African Parliamentarians for Education (FAPED) at the level of the continent;
- Chairman of the Council Commission for legislative elections in the Belabo Sub-Division in 1997;
- Vice president of the Divisional Commission for the renewal of the basic organs of the Party in Lom and Djerem South in February 2002;
- Chairman of the Council Commission for the Municipal and legislative elections of 2002 in the Belabo Sub Division;
- Chairman of the Divisional Commission for the October 2004 presidential elections
Decorations received
- Sports medal, 2nd Grade;
- Knight of the Order of valour
Continuous professional training
- Participated in many forums and training courses on local government and decentralisation:
· Seminar on decentralisation in Yaounde 1996;
· Africities 2000 in Windhoeck;
· Forum of African Parliamentarians for Education by 2010, Dakar from 21 to 23 January 2002; Mauritius Islands from 6 to 8 June 2002, Dar es Salam from 28 November to 1 December 2002;
· Seminar on access to international financial systems for local governments, Paris, from 5 to 14 May 2003 under the patronage of the Chambre Française des Conseils Experts Financiers
- Presented a paper during the Semaine des Universités des Jeunes, Yaounde 2001 on the theme "The New Deal and Challenges of Modernity";
- Presented a paper during the France-Cameroon meeting (Yaounde) from 30 November to 1 December 2003 on the theme "Decentralised cooperation and Local Development;
- Presented a paper during the parliamentary Forum for Africa's Development in Rome Italy from 28 to 30 January 2004 on the theme "The use of new information and communication technologies in strengthening the role of parliaments in society"
Publications and university activities
- L'Ecriture Pouvoir, in "Tu t'appelleras Tanga" by Calixthe Beyala, ;
- Essai d'Analyse Sémiotique in "La Femme camerounaise et la Promotion du Patrimoine Culturel", Editions Clé, Yaounde 2002, P. 370 ;
- Aspect de l'Ecriture in “Tu t'appelleras Tanga” by Calixthe Beyala: University of Yaounde 1 1994 (see the university library);
- L'Ecriture du Démon in "La Création Romanesque" by Calixthe Beyala: University of Yaounde 1 1996 (see university library);
- Doctorate degree thesis (in preparation) on L'Ecriture du Démon dans la création Romanesque de Calixthe Beyala, Semiotic analysis.
Languages spoken and written
French and English |