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René Claude Meka

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René Claude Meka (born 2 February 1939) is a senior Cameroonian officer and Chief of Staff of the Cameroon Armed Forces since September 2001.

Biography

Meka was born on 2 February 1939, in Enongal near Ebolowa. He graduated from the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1962 and from infantry school of Saint-Maixent in 1963.

During the border dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria over the Bakassi Peninsula, Meka was tasked with securing the territory by deploying the Rapid Intervention Brigade.

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