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Historical trends in governments
Gouvernment of 08-12-2004 Minister of State
Gouvernment of 24-08-2002 Minister of State
Gouvernment of 19-09-1996 Minister of State
Gouvernment of 21-07-1994 Minister of State Agriculture
Gouvernment of 27-11-1992 Minister of State regional development
Gouvernment of 19-06-1965 Secretary of State for Finance
Gouvernment of 14-07-1964 Secretary of State for Finance
Gouvernment of 01-07-1964 Secretary of State for Finance
Presentation
Biography of Dr Augustin Frédéric Kodock
Personal information
Born on 1 March 1933 at MOM, MAKAK subdivision, NYONG and KELLE division, Centre province, from a farmer and a housewife.
Educational history
- Primary education: NKONG NTAP, NKONG NGUI (MAKAK) and IIANGA (Eséka)
- Secondary education: Nkongamba (BEPC, which is equivalent to English GCE-O level), Lycée Leclerc (BAC Philosophie, which is equivalent to English GCE -A level)
- Higher education: Université de Poitiers (first year law), Université de Toulouse (Bachelor of Law, DEA);
- 1959: Admission as a foreigner into the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) of Paris;
- 1961: Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures (DES) in Economic Sciences, and back in Cameroon;
- 1965: Doctorate degree in Economic Sciences, with honours. Thesis: The issue of credit in the development of Cameroon, jury chaired by André Philippe
Work history
- 1961: Deputy director of Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Economy; Director of External Economic Relations in Douala for 6 (six) months. Back in Yaounde, he holds the post of Director of Economic Orientation after the reform of this ministry. Coordinator of the preparation of the 1st five-year economic plan of Cameroon: launching of industries in Cameroon.
- 1963-1965: Secretary of State for Finance;
- 1965: Director of Legal Disputes and Studies in the Ministry of Territorial Administration;
- 1968: On secondment at the ADB (African Development Bank);
? Loans officer
? Assistant director in charge of the Economic Division for North Africa
? Deputy director in charge of Research and Cooperation
? Adviser to the President of the Bank for international cooperation
? Signer of the first ADB loans on Eurodollar markets, and membership of Japan to the African Development Fund
- 1980: Leaves the ADB after a Zambian is elected at the helm of the Bank and back in Cameroon;
- 1982: Technical Adviser in the Ministry of Finance;
- 1983-1989: Chief Executive Officer of CAMAIR. Main achievements: two aircrafts (NOUN, NYONG). Writer of the book titled: “12 arguments pour redresser la CAMAIR”;
- 1992-1995: Minister of State for Planning;
- 1995-1997: Minister of State for Agriculture;
- 2002-2004: Minister of State for Agriculture;
- 2004-present: Minister of State, Minister of Planning, Programming and Regional Development
Political life
- 1991: elected Secretary general of the UPC during the Nkongsamba conference;
- 1992: elected MP for Nyong and Kelle , president of the UPC parliamentarian group;
- 1996: re-elected Secretary general of the UPC during the Makak conference;
- 1997-2002: re-elected MP for Nyong and Kelle;
- 2002: re-elected MP for Nyong and Kelle for a third consecutive mandate.
Distinctions
- Commander of the Order of value
- Peace ambassador, distinction awarded by the Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace of New York;
- Second political figure for the 1990s in Cameroon (Oscar d’Argent), distinction awarded by the CAMER -FOUNDATION, a Yaounde-based non governmental organisation
Courtesy appellations
- Administrator
- Doctor
- Excellence
- Honourable
Qualities
- High sense of honour;
- Sense of patriotism and commitment to the public cause: he used his knowledge to serve his country as it can be seen through the numerous actions he conducted. As a matter of fact, in his young age, he convinced the management of SHELL to build their head office in Yaoundé as in Kenya. The building makes the pride of the Capital city. After brainstorming, he called on business persons to invest in Cameroon. That is how a few factories were created, including SOCATRAL, CIMENCAM, SOSUCAM among others.
- He remains close to the population and share their common concerns;
- His philosophy:
- “The identity of a man is in the way he acts, not in what he says”
- “Self is hateful” , a doctrine he learnt from his primary school teacher, Mr. HOB BITEP in 1944.
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