Alexis Dipanda Mouelle

Alexis Dipanda Mouelle
Dipanda Mouelle (middle) with President Paul Biya (right) in 2012
President of the Supreme Court of Cameroon
In office
30 May 1990[1] – 18 December 2014[2]
Preceded byRémy Jean Mbaya
Succeeded byDaniel Mekobe Sone
Personal details
Born(1942-03-25)25 March 1942
Bonaléa, French Cameroon
Died4 May 2026(2026-05-04) (aged 84)
Douala, Cameroon
EducationFederal University of Yaoundé (Lic.)
University of Paris (DES, DEA)
OccupationMagistrate

Alexis Dipanda Mouelle (25 March 1942 – 4 May 2026) was a Cameroonian magistrate.[3]

Life and career

Born in Bonaléa on 25 March 1942,[4] Dipanda Mouelle earned a licentiate in law from the Federal University of Yaoundé[5] before earning a Diplôme d'études supérieures and a Diplôme d'études approfondies from the University of Paris.[6] He was appointed a judge on 29 November 1965.[7] On 14 August 1971, he was appointed president of the Court of First Instance of Foumban and subsequently Head of the Judicial Professions Service within the Directorate of Judicial Services Oversight at the Ministry of Justice in October 1972.[6]

In December 1986, Dipanda Mouelle joined the Supreme Court, of which he was nominated president on 30 May 1990.[8] He was responsible for the certification of the 1992 presidential election despite accusations of fraud.[9][10] In 2014, he retired from the Court in a decree by President Paul Biya.[11][12] He was replaced by Daniel Mekobe Sone.[13] In addition to his work in Cameroon, he chaired the 17th session of the United Nations Committee Against Torture and was a member of the International Court of Arbitration.[2]

Dipanda Mouelle died in Douala on 4 May 2026, at the age of 84.[14]

Works

  • La torture, cette barbarie de l'humanité (1998)

References

  1. ↑ "MEETING OF THE STATES PARTIES" (PDF). United Nations.
  2. 1 2 Elessa Mbassi, Eitel (December 2014). "Cour suprême : Ainsi s'en va Dipanda Mouelle". Cameroun24.net (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Cameroun : Mort d'Alexis Dipanda Mouelle, l'homme de la présidentielle la plus controversée de l'histoire Cameroun". Koaci (in French). 4 May 2026. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Cameroun : décès d'Alexis Dipanda Mouelle, ancien premier président de la Cour suprême". Journal du Cameroun (in French). 4 May 2026. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Biwolé, Ateba (24 June 2013). "Politique: Ces pépés qui nous gouvernement: Les ors du palais depuis 51 ans". Cameroon-Info.net (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  6. 1 2 "REUNION DES ETATS PARTIES". United Nations (in French). Archived from the original on 30 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Alexis Dipanda Mouelle". CamerounWeb (in French). Archived from the original on 18 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Cour Suprême du Cameroun". Osidimbea (in French).
  9. ↑ "Cameroun – Décret du chef de l'Etat: Alexis Dipanda Mouelle, président de la Cour suprême, envoyé à la retraite". 237online.com (in French). 18 December 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Un nouveau visage à tête de la Cour suprême du CAMEROUN". ahjucaf (in French).
  11. ↑ Ntchapda, Pierre Arnaud (6 May 2017). "Cameroun: Le retraité Alexis Dipanda Mouellé pourrait être le président de la future Cour constitutionnelle". Cameroon-Info.net (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  12. ↑ Onana, Bertin (19 December 2014). "Cour suprême: Alexis Dipanda Mouelle passe la main". Journal du Cameroun (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  13. ↑ Elessa Mbassi, Eitel (22 December 2014). "Cameroun – Portraits des nouveaux magistrats de la Cour suprême : Daniel Mekobe Sone, Premier président". 237online.com (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Dipanda Mouelle: Supreme Court head for over two decades has died aged 84". Cameroon Concord News. 5 May 2026. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
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