Martin Aristide Okouda Explained

Martin Aristide Okouda
Birth Name:Martin Aristide Léopold Okouda
Birth Date:6 September 1951
Birth Place:Yaoundé, French Cameroon
Death Place:Paris, France
Nationality:Cameroonian
Party:CPDM
Office:Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development
Term Start:18 March 2000
Term End:8 December 2004
Office2:Minister of Public Works
Term Start2:8 December 2004
Term End2:?

Martin Aristide Okouda (6 September 1951 – 9 April 2021) was a Cameroonian politician who held various ministerial roles.[1]

Biography

Okouda finished his secondary schooling at the in 1969. He graduated with a degree in economics from the Sorbonne and also earned diplomas from the IAE Paris and Sciences Po.[2]

From 1977 to 1979, Okouda was a trainee at the Banque Worms. In 1980, he returned to Cameroon and served as Deputy Chairman of the Business Control Department at the Directorate of Industry from 1981 to 1982. He was then Deputy Director of External Financing at the Directorate of Programming from 1982 to 1983 and Deputy Director of Economic and Technical Cooperation and cumulatively Deputy Director of International and Multilateral Cooperation at the Ministry of Planning and Territorial Development from 1983 to 1987.

On 6 March 1987, he was appointed to the Cabinet of President Paul Biya. Subsequently, on 31 July 1991, he was appointed Special Advisor to Prime Minister Sadou Hayatou. On 18 March 2000, he became Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development, serving until 8 December 2004, when he became Minister of Public Works.[3] During this period, he also served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the (CEMAC).[4] In 2012, he replaced Antoine Ntsimi as Executive Secretary of CEMAC.[5]

Okouda was a member of the Executive Committee of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement, the country's ruling party.[6] He then served on the board of directors of the Société Commerciale de Banque Cameroun, owned by Attijariwafa Bank,[7] as well as the board of directors of the Agence de Régulation du Secteur de l’Électricité.[8]

Martin Aristide Okouda died in Paris on 9 April 2021 at the age of 69.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nécrologie : l'ancien ministre des Travaux publics, Martin Aristide Okouda est décédé. 9 April 2021. Actu Cameroun. French.
  2. Web site: Martin Okouda. 19 March 1992. Africa Intelligence. French.
  3. Web site: OKOUDA Martin Aristide Léopold.. 2 October 2012. Camerlex.com. French.
  4. Web site: 6ème session ordinaire du Conseil des Ministres de la Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale. 3 August 2001. izf.net. French. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20191213201559/http://www.izf.net/upload/Institutions/Situation/AfriqueCentrale/comm_ac_03082001.htm. 13 December 2019.
  5. Web site: CEMAC. 30 August 2012. Africa Intelligence. French.
  6. Web site: Les Membres Titulaires du comité Central. Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais. French. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125025344/http://www.rdpcpdm.cm/les-membres-titulaires-du-comite-central/. 25 November 2020.
  7. Web site: Société Commerciale de Banque Cameroun. COBAC. French. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20191213201604/http://www.sgcobac.org/jcms/ess_6891/fr/societe-commerciale-de-banque-cameroun. 13 December 2019.
  8. Web site: Agence de Régulation du Secteur de l'Electricité (ARSEL). Osidimbea. French.
  9. Web site: Cameroun - Carnet noir: L'ancien ministre des Travaux Publics Martin Aristide Okouda est mort. 9 April 2021. Cameroon-Info.net. French.

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