title: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Cameroon)
text: # Minister of Foreign Affairs (Cameroon)
  
  The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cameroon is a government minister in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cameroon, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.
  
  The following is a list of foreign ministers of Cameroon since its founding in 1960:
  
  | No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Tenure |
  | - | - | - |
  | — | Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924–1989) Acting Minister | 1960 |
  | 1 | Charles Okala (1910–1973) | 1960–1961 |
  | 2 | Jean-Faustin Betayéné (1922–1973) | 1961–1963 |
  | 3 | Benoît Balla (1924–1977) | 1963–1965 |
  | 4 | Simon Nko'o Etoungou (1932–2002) | 1965–1966 |
  | 5 | Benoît Bindzi (1924–1998) | 1966–1968 |
  | (4) | Simon Nko'o Etoungou (1932–2002) | 1968–1970 |
  | 6 | Raymond N'Thepe (1914–1984) | 1970–1971 |
  | 7 | Jean Keutcha (1923–2012) | 1971–1972 |
  | 8 | Vincent Efon (1927–2003) | 1972–1975 |
  | (7) | Jean Keutcha (1923–2012) | 1975–1980 |
  | 9 | Paul Dontsop (1937–2019) | 1980–1983 |
  | 10 | Félix Tonye Mbog (1934–2022) | 1983–1984 |
  | 11 | William Eteki Mboumoua (1933–2016) | 1984–1987 |
  | 12 | Philippe Mataga (1938–2003) | 1987–1988 |
  | 13 | Jacques-Roger Booh-Booh (b. 1938) | 1988–1992 |
  | 14 | Ferdinand Oyono (1929–2010) | 1992–1997 |
  | 15 | Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni (b. 1945) | 1997–2001 |
  | 16 | François Xavier Ngoubeyou (b. 1937) | 2001–2004 |
  | 17 | Laurent Esso (b. 1942) | 2004–2006 |
  | 18 | Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara (b. 1954) | 2006–2007 |
  | 19 | Henri Eyebe Ayissi (b. 1955) | 2007–2011 |
  | 20 | Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo (b. 1954) | 2011–2015 |
  | 21 | Lejeune Mbella Mbella (b. 1949) | 2015–present |
  