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| Chief of the Defence Staff | |
|---|---|
| Chef d'État-major des Forces armées | |
 IncumbentArmy corps general René Claude Meka since September 2001 | |
| Reports to | Minister of Defence |
| Appointer | President |
| Constituting instrument | Presidential Decree No. 2001/182 |
| Website | Official website |
The Chief of the Defence Staff (French: Chef d'État-major des Forces armées camerounaises) is the professional head of the Cameroon Armed Forces. They are responsible for the administration and operational control of the military.
List of officeholders
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | 
|
Army corps general Pierre Semengue [fr] (born 1935) |
1961 | September 2001 | 39–40 years | |
| 2 |
|
Army corps general René Claude Meka (born 1939) |
September 2001 | Incumbent | 23 years, 4 months | |
References
- Ndoumbe, Nathan (5 April 2018). "06 Avril 1984 – Pierre Semengue: Le général et le trou du climatiseur". Actu Cameroun (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- "Coup d'Etat imminent : Voici ce que prépare le général Rene Claude Meka, Paul Biya impuissant". Cameroun Web (in French). 6 September 2023.