Constitutional Council: Rémy Nama, the behind-the-scenes magistrate appointed by Biya

By decree signed on October 16, 2026, Paul Biya appointed Rémy Nama president of Cameroon’s Constitutional Council, succeeding Clément Atangana, who died in Paris on October 4. Over more than 40 years in public service, Nama worked as a deputy prosecutor in Bertoua, a judge in Garoua and an official at the Justice Ministry, then spent 32 years in the presidency’s General Secretariat. The decree also appointed Abdoulaye Daouda as a Council member, completing its group of eleven “wise men.” Following Atangana’s death, the Council’s senior member, Professor Paul Nchoji Nkwi, had temporarily served as acting head.