Origins, background and political trajectory: Who is Tiriane Noah, the woman who succeeded Maurice Kamto at the MRC?

Tiriane Balbine Nadège Noah, born in Yaoundé on July 24, 1980, was elected president of the MRC at an extraordinary convention held in Odza on October 17. She received 96.89% of the votes cast and a renewable five-year term, becoming the party’s first woman leader. She identifies with the Yanda clan in the Mefou-et-Akono department of the Centre Region and clarified in 2019 that she was not from the Tsinga clan. Trained in history and political science at universities in Yaoundé, she had remained relatively low-profile before succeeding Maurice Kamto, who left the party presidency on September 8, 2026.