Mounouna Foutsou is a Cameroonian political figure. He has served as Acting Minister of Employment and Vocational Training since 27 July 2026, while remaining Minister of Youth Affairs and Civic Education, a position he has held since the Government reshuffle of 2 October 2015.
PERSONAL DETAILS
• Born in 1967 in Bangana
• Originally from the Far North Region, Mayo-Danay Division
• Married, father of five children
POSITIONS HELD
• Since 27 July 2026: Minister of Employment and Vocational Training (Acting)
• Since 2 October 2015: Minister of Youth Affairs and Civic Education
• 9 December 2011 – 2 October 2015: Secretary of State to the Minister of Secondary Education, in charge of Teacher Training
• 30 June 2009 – 8 December 2011: Secretary of State to the Minister of Secondary Education
• 2005 – June 2009: Head of the Division of Youth Economic Empowerment and National Coordinator of the PAJER-U and PIFMAS projects, Ministry of Youth Affairs
• 1998 – 2005: Head of the Overseas State Real Estate Department, Directorate of Architecture and Housing, MINUH then MINDAF, Yaoundé
• 1994 – 1998: Design Engineer, Maintenance Sub-Directorate, Directorate of Architecture and Housing, MINUH, Yaoundé
• 1993: Auxiliary staff, Far North Provincial Town Planning Office, Maroua
• 1992: Auxiliary staff, MINUH Directorate of Town Planning, Studies and Planning Department, Yaoundé
EDUCATION
• 1979 – 1986: Secondary education at the CES and later the Lycée of Maroua
• 1986 – 1990: Engineering studies, Civil Engineering track, in Yaoundé
• 1990 – 1991: National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) of Lyon, France, under the AUPELF/UREF inter-university exchange scholarships
PARALLEL STUDIES
• 1986 – 1990: First and second year of Economic Sciences at the Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences (FDSE), University of Yaoundé
QUALIFICATIONS
• First School Leaving Certificate (CEP), 1979, Horlong / Mindif Public School
• BEPC, 1983, CES of Maroua, with honours
• Probatoire, Series C, 1985, Lycée of Maroua, with honours
• Baccalauréat, Series C, 1986, Lycée of Maroua
• Diploma in Civil Engineering Design, specialising in Urban Engineering, 1990-1991
• Degree in Economic Sciences, specialising in Economic Analysis and Policy, University of Yaoundé, 1992
• Master's Degree in Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences (FSEG), University of Yaoundé II Soa, 1996