Person

Yaouba Abdoulaye

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Current offices

Appointment history

Every recorded appointment, most recent first. Roles held at the same time appear side by side.

Appointment history
OfficePeriodInstrumentStatusSource
Minister Delegate to the Minister of FinanceIn office as of 13 October 2026 (start date not recorded)CurrentNot recordedEditorially reviewedServices du Premier Ministre: Government — members of the Government
Note: Listed on the official Government page on 2026-10-13 as "Minister Delegate to the Minister of Finance" / "Ministre Délégué auprès du Ministre des Finances". The page gives no start date.

From Wikipedia

Yaouba Abdoulaye is a Cameroonian engineer and politician serving as the minister delegate to the minister of finance of Cameroon since 2018.

Biography

Abdoulaye was born in 1958 in Maroua, Far North Region, Cameroon. He attended the National Higher School for Agronomy (ENSA) in Yaoundé where he obtained a degree in engineering and a minor in economics, graduating in 1984. In 2001, he left Cameroon for France and studied at the Forhom Institute in La Rochelle, where he worked on a development project.

Abdoulaye began his professional career in the Ministry of Agriculture. In 1984, he was appointed department delegate for Vina, in Ngaoundéré. After that, he served as the director general of the Mandara Mountains Integrated Development Mission from 1987 to 2006. Abdoulaye entered the Cameroonian government as deputy minister to the minister of state, minister of planning, programming, development, and territorial development (MINPLAPDAT). In 2009, Abdoulaye attended a conference in Rome to strengthen economic cooperation between Italy and Africa. On March 2, 2018, he was appointed minister delegate to the minister of finance.

Abdoulaye is a member of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) political party, and a member of the central committee of CPDM. He was appointed a member of the CPDM's permanent delegation to Diamaré in the 2020 Cameroonian parliamentary election. Abdoulaye is married and the father of six children.

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    Gouvernement — membres du Gouvernement
    Services du Premier MinistreLast verified: 13 October 2026

    Fetched on 2026-10-13. French version of the Government composition; it marks interim roles with 'ai'.

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    Government — members of the Government
    Services du Premier MinistreLast verified: 13 October 2026

    Fetched on 2026-10-13. Lists every member of the Government with their title, in protocol order. Start dates of tenure are not given.

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    Yaouba Abdoulaye
    Wikipedia (English)Published 24 December 2025Last verified: 23 October 2026
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    Yaouba Abdoulaye
    Wikipédia (français)Published 8 July 2026Last verified: 23 October 2026