Henri Eyebe Ayissi

==Biography==
Eyebe Ayissi was born in Mbellé, a village in Obala District, [[Lekie Department]], [[Center Province]].<ref name=Off/><ref name=Ans/> After working at the ''Inspection Générale'' of the State from November 1981 to September 1982, he worked under the Prime Minister as Head of the Department of Legal Studies and Deputy Director of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs from September 1982 to February 1984. From August 1984 to September 1985 he worked at the Ministry of Public Service as Head of the Division of Research and Regulations. From September 1985 to January 1987, he was First ''Chargé d'études'' in the Division of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Planning, and on January 7, 1987, he became Secretary of Ministerial Councils at the Presidency.<ref name=Off/><ref name=Amba>[http://ambacamfrance.org/ambacam%20MINREX%202.htm Biography of Ayissi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321003607/http://www.ambacamfrance.org/ambacam%20MINREX%202.htm |date=2008-03-21 }} at the website of the Cameroonian embassy to France {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> He was then appointed to the government as Minister of Urban Planning and Housing on September 7, 1990, serving in that position until he was replaced in the government named on November 27, 1992.<ref name=Off/><ref name=Ans/><ref name=Amba/>

In 1998, Eyebe Ayissi became Inspector-General of the Services of the Ministry of Higher Education,<ref name=Amba/> and he subsequently served as Inspector-General on Electoral Issues at the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation.<ref name=Amba/><ref name=Gov>[http://www.spm.gov.cm/detail_art.php?id_art=1414&type=simpl&lang=en "Prime Minister installs newly appointed members of government"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20071024221604/http://www.spm.gov.cm/detail_art.php?id_art=1414&type=simpl&lang=en |date=2007-10-24 }}, Cameroonian government website.</ref> He was appointed as Foreign Minister by President [[Paul Biya]] on September 7, 2007, replacing [[Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara]],<ref name=Ans/><ref name=Gov/><ref>[http://apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article_eng&id_article=41343 "Cameroonian leader reshuffles his cabinet"]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, African Press Agency, September 7, 2007.</ref> and he was installed in office on September 10, 2007.<ref name=Gov/>

He was moved to the post of Minister-Delegate at the Presidency for the Higher Audit Office in December 2011 and then to the post of Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on 2 October 2015.<ref>Omer Mbadi, [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/269266/politique/cameroun-paul-biya-procede-a-remaniement-gouvernemental/ "Cameroun : Paul Biya procède à un remaniement gouvernemental"], ''Jeune Afrique'', 2 October 2015 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref><ref>Monda Bakoa, [https://www.cameroon-tribune.cm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=92614:ils-changent-de-portefeuille&catid=1:politique&Itemid=3 "Ils changent de portefeuille"], ''Cameroon Tribune'', 4 October 2015 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>
[[File:Meeting Foreign Minister of Cameroon (6170457990).jpg|center|thumb|Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham met Cameroon's Foreign Minister Henri Ayissi in New York]]