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Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, Sultan of Bamoun, 1937-2021

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Personal name headingIbrahim Mbombo Njoya, Sultan of Bamoun, 1937-2021
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Variant(s)Mbombo Njoya, Ibrahim, Sultan of Bamoun, 1937-
Mbombo, Mfon, 1937-2021
Mbombo Njoya, Ibrahim, King of the Bamun, 1937-2021
Nji Mbouombouo, 1937-2021
Njoya, Sultan of Bamoun, 1937-2021
Njoya, Sultan of Foumban, 1937-2021
Njoya, Ibrahim Mbombo, Sultan of Bamoun, 1937-2021
Associated countryCameroon
Associated placeEquatorial Guinea Egypt
Birth date1937-10-27
Death date2021-09-27
Place of birthFoumban (Cameroon)
Foumban (Cameroon)
Place of deathParis (France)
Field of activityBamun (African people) Cameroon--Politics and government--1960-
AffiliationCameroon. Ministère de la jeunesse et des sports
Profession or occupationCabinet officers Diplomats Ambassadors Kings and rulers
Found inEl Hadj Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, 2019: page 22 (born 1937 in Foumban) page 4 of cover (19th king of the Bamoun, one of the main tribes of Cameroun; enthroned August 9, 1992)
Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, 2012: p. 5 (Mbombo Njoya; Mfon Mbombo) p. following p. 6, image captions (le prince Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya; le roi I. Mbombo Njoya) p.13 (Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, presented on Aug. 10, 1992 as successor to Sultan Seidou of Bamoun) p. 14 (Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, b. Oct. 27, 1937 in Foumban, Cameroon)
Royaume Bamoun website, viewed Feb. 21, 2014: home (Sultan MBOMBO NJOYA Ibrahim; Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya; trained as a civil administrator; held various national administrative posts in the 1960s, incl. Ministre de l'Education nationale, de la culture, de la jeunesse et des sports 1965-1970; was in diplomacy in the 1970s, ambassador to Equatorial Guinea 1970-1974, and Egypt 1974-1980; returned to govt. roles in the 1980s, again taking post of Ministre de la jeunesse et des sports in 1990; upon the death of his father, NJIMOLUH Seïdou on July 27, 1992, the prince Nji Mbouobmouo became Sultan, Roi des Bamun, enthroned Aug. 10, 1992; in 1996, designated president for life of the Conseil Supérieur des Sports en Afrique)
Cameroon journal website, Mbombo Njoya calls for total obliteration of the CDU, June 18, 2013, viewed Feb. 21, 2014 (Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, the Sultan of Foumban; Njoya; Sultan Njoya)
Le rituel Nguon chez les Bamoun du Cameroun, 2021: title page (postface, Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya) page 265 (Sa Majesté Ibrahim MBOMBO NJOYA, 19e Roi des Bamoun)
Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, 2021-2022: page 3 (died in Paris)
BetaTinz website, viewed February 15, 2023: (Monday the 27th of September 2021, was a very sad day for the people of the Bamoun Kingdom who lost their Sultan, Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya)
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