Peter Mafany Musonge (born December 3, 1942[1]) was the Prime Minister of Cameroon from September 1996 until December 8, 2004.
Musonge was born in Muea in Fako Department in the South-West Province.[1] He received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering at Drexel University and received a master of science degree in structural engineering at Stanford University, and has worked on a variety of development projects. He has been a longtime supporter and assistant of President Paul Biya, and is an Anglophone and a member of the Bakweri ethnic group. He left his position as Prime Minister after a cabinet reshuffle which followed Biya's successful 2004 reelection, for which Musonge served as campaign manager.
Musonge is a member of the Central Committee of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement.[2]
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