Pauline Nalova Lyonga

Pauline Nalova Lyonga
CitizenshipCameroon
EducationDegree in English Literature, Masters in African Literature, PhD in English Literature
Alma materUniversity of Yaoundé
OccupationPolitician
TitleMinister of Secondary Education

Pauline Nalova Lyonga Egbe is a Cameroonian politician from the Fako division, South West region of Cameroon who hails from Small Soppo Wovilla in Buea subdivision,[1] has been the minister of secondary education since the ministerial reshuffle of 2 March 2018.[2][3]

Biography

Youth and education

After graduating from the Queen of the Rosary Secondary school Okoyong in Mamfe until 1968, she left for the Cameroon College of Arts Science and Technology in Bambili, where she obtained her GCE A Level (English High School diploma) in 1970. At the University of Yaoundé, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in English literature in 1973.[4] She left Cameroon to pursue her studies in England and obtained a master's degree in African literature from the University of Sheffield. Since 1985, she holds a PhD in English literature from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in the US.[5]

Career

After a long career in university education, during which she held the positions of Director of business, then Vice-Rector, she was appointed rector of the University of Buea on 29 June 2012.[6] She held this position for 5 years until her departure in June 2017 following a presidential decree.[7] A few months later, in November 2017, she was appointed President of the Board of Governors of the Douala General Hospital, a position she held for a few months only, until her appointment on 3 March 2018, to the post of Minister of Secondary Education.[8] She is the author of several publications of African Literature.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "pauline nalova lyonga". mountfakonewscentre.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2026. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "Remaniement au Cameroun : Paul Atanga Nji nommé ministre de l'Administration territoriale". JeuneAfrique.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Professor Pauline Nalova Lyonga". Journal L'Etudiant (in French). 11 March 2025. Archived from the original on 6 October 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "Nalova Lyonga Pauline Egbe: A Household Name at MINESEC". Cameroon-Tribune. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Le 7 de la dernière heure – Journal Intégration". Journal Intégration. 2018.
  6. ↑ "Info". Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Chancelin, wabo. Cameroun : Virée par Paul Biya de l'université de Buéa, Pauline Nalova Lyonga Egbe n'a pas longuement chômé. Le Bled Parle.
  8. ↑ Chancelin, Wabo (3 March 2018). "Cameroun : Paul Biya "trimballe" Pauline Nalova Lyonga Egbe". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  9. ↑ "Pauline Nalova Lyonga Egbe, d'abod le bâton, ensuite la carotte". camer.be. November 2016.
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