Gabriel Dodo Ndoke | |
Birth Date: | 1971 11, df=y |
Birth Place: | ,, Kadey, Cameroon |
Death Place: | Yaoundé, Cameroon |
Nationality: | Cameroonian |
Occupation: | Tax auditor |
Education: | National School of Administration and Magistracy University of Douala University of Yaoundé II |
Party: | CPDM |
Office: | Minister of Mines, Industries and Technological Development |
Term Start: | 4 January 2019 |
Term End: | 21 January 2023 |
Gabriel Dodo Ndoke (13 November 1971 – 21 January 2023) was a Cameroonian tax auditor and politician of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement. He served as Minister of Mines, Industries and Technological Development from 2019 to 2023.[1]
Dodo was born in on 13 November 1971.[2] In 1997, he graduated from the Francophone University of Yaoundé II and earned a master's degree in private law from the same university three years later.[2] He then attended the National School of Administration and Magistracy and the University of Douala. After his marriage, he became the father of seven children.[3]
Dodo became a government official in 2002 as a tax auditor in the East Region.[4] He then held several other positions in the public administration.[5] From 2003 to 2005, he headed the tax office in Bertoua and later head of a divisional tax service in Douala from 2005 to 2007. In 2011, he was appointed Deputy Director of Budget, Equipment and Maintenance at the .[2]
On 4 January 2019, Dodo was appointed in Joseph Ngute's government.[6] [7] On 8 December 2022, he was elected chairman of the board of directors of the Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle.[8]
Dodo Ndoke died in Yaoundé on 21 January 2023, at the age of 51.[9]