Cameroonian politician
Hermine Patricia Tomaïno Ndam Njoya, born on January 26, 1969, in Yaoundé, is a Cameroonian politician, entrepreneur, and author. She is a member of the Union démocratique du Cameroun (UDC) and serves as a deputy in the National Assembly of Cameroon.
She heads a coffee company and has been the president of the Association of Cameroonian Women in Coffee (AFECC) since 2016. Hermine Patricia is the widow of Adamou Ndam Njoya, the national president of the UDC.
Education and training.
Born in Yaoundé in 1969, Hermine Patricia Tomaino Ndam Njoya grew up in Cameroon between the cities of Yaoundé and Foumban. After completing her primary education, she began her secondary education in 1980 at the Sultan-Njoya High School in Foumban, culminating in obtaining her A4 baccalaureate in 1987.
She then joined the Faculty of Law and Economics at the University of Yaoundé, where she earned a bachelor's degree in law in 1990 and a master's degree in Public Law in 1992.
Professional career.
Ndam Njoya is a specialist in organizational training and has coordinated several programs and projects, including the HIV/AIDS and Children Task Force at the World Conference of Religions for Peace/Hope for African Children Initiative and the PACDDU program, Cameroon-European Union cooperation.
She is also an entrepreneur. She heads one of the largest private plantations in Cameroon. Her coffee plantation, named ANJ, is located in Koutié in the Koutaba district in the West Region. Committed to promoting the coffee industry in Africa, she is the president of the Association of Cameroonian Women in Coffee (AFECC). Since 2013, she has also served as the president of the Gender Promotion Committee at the Agency for Robusta Coffee in Africa and Madagascar (ACRAM).
She is the author of several books, including "L'Enfer rose," "Les élections bancales," and "Les Coquelicots de l’Espoir," published in 2016, which recounts the story of her grandfather Angelo Tomaino, of Italian origin.
Political career.
Ndam Njoya became involved in politics in 1991 and participated in opposition marches calling for a return to multipartism. She joined the UDC at its inception in 1991.
She was elected as a deputy to the National Assembly for Noun in the 2007 legislative elections. Since the beginning of the current legislature, she has served as the secretary of the Committee on Constitutional Laws, Human Rights and Freedoms, Justice, Legislation, and Regulation in the National Assembly of Cameroon. She is also the spokesperson for UDC deputies in the National Assembly. She replaced Cyrille Sam Mbaka as the head of the UDC.
Family life.
Ndam Njoya is the wife of Adamou Ndam Njoya, the president of the Union démocratique du Cameroun, who passed away in Yaoundé on March 7, 2020, at the age of 77. She is also the mother of three children.