Office1: | President of the National Assembly of Cameroon |
Term Start1: | 1973 |
Term End1: | 1988 |
Predecessor1: | Marcel Marigoh Mboua |
Successor1: | Lawrence Fonka Shang |
Party: | Cameroonian National Union |
Office2: | Vice President of Cameroon |
Term Start2: | 1970 |
Term End2: | 1972 |
Predecessor2: | John Ngu Foncha |
Successor2: | Office abolished |
Birth Date: | 27 March 1912 |
Salomon Tandeng Muna (27 March 1912[1] [2] – January 22, 2002)[3] was a Cameroonian politician of the Cameroonian National Union. He served as the first Prime Minister of the federated state of West Cameroon from January 11, 1968, to June 2, 1972.[4] Additionally, he served as Vice President of the Federal Republic of Cameroon from 1970 to 1972. He was President of the National Assembly of Cameroon from 1973 to 1988.[5]
Muna was very active in international scouting, where he became the Vice-President of the World Scout Committee (the first African member), after serving as Chief Scout of Cameroon, as well as Chairman of the African Scout Committee.Muna was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, in 1981.[6]