By Etienne Mainimo Mengnjo
Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM) Member of Parliament (MP) Hon. Memouna Mahamat has passed away.
A communique signed by the Clerk of the National Assembly, Andre Noel Essian, on behalf of the President, announced her passing on Tuesday, May 14th, in Bafoussam. The communique attributed the cause of death to illness.
Elected in 2020 during the Legislative and Parliamentary Elections, Hon. Mahamat represented the Mayo-Banyo Electoral Constituency in the Adamawa Region. She was serving her first term in the National Assembly and was a member of the Committee on Economic Affairs, Planning and Regional Development.
Hon. Mahamat was actively involved in fostering international relations. She held the position of Vice President of the Cameroon-Morocco Parliamentary Friendship Group and participated in several other parliamentary friendship groups, including Cameroon-United Arab Emirates, Cameroon-Spain, Cameroon-India, Cameroon-Italy, and Cameroon-Norway.