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{{Short description|Cameroonian politician}}
'''Marcel Niat Njifenji''' (born 26 October 1934<ref name=Homme>Armand Essogo, [http://www.cameroon-tribune.cm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74270:-marcel-niat-njifenji-un-homme-dexperience-a-la-tete-du-senat&catid=1:politique&Itemid=3 "Marcel Niat Njifenji, Un homme d’expérience à la tête du Sénat"], ''Cameroon Tribune'', 13 June 2013 {{fr icon}}.</ref>) is a [[Cameroon]]ian politician who has been President of the [[Senate of Cameroon]] since 2013. A member of the ruling [[Cameroon People's Democratic Movement]] (RDPC), he previously served for years as Director-General of the National Electricity Company, and he was also a [[Minister (government)|minister]] in the government during the early 1990s.▼
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| name = Marcel Niat Njifenji
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| office = President of the [[Senate (Cameroon)|Senate of Cameroon]]
| term_start = 12 June 2013
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| president = [[Paul Biya]]
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| birth_place = [[Bangangté]], [[Nde]], [[Cameroon]]
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| party = [[CPDM]]
| spouse = Marcie Tchaptchet
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▲'''Marcel Niat Njifenji''' (born 26 October 1934<ref name=Homme>Armand Essogo, [http://www.cameroon-tribune.cm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74270:-marcel-niat-njifenji-un-homme-dexperience-a-la-tete-du-senat&catid=1:politique&Itemid=3 "Marcel Niat Njifenji, Un homme d’expérience à la tête du Sénat"], ''Cameroon Tribune'', 13 June 2013 {{
==Life and career==
Born in 1934 at [[Bangangté]], located in Cameroon's [[West Region (Cameroon)|West Region]],<ref name=Nya>Armelle Nya, [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20130613075703/cameroun-rdpc-paul-biya-senat-camerounaiscameroun-marcel-niat-njifenji-elu-president-du-senat.html "Cameroun : Marcel Niat Njifenji élu président du Sénat"], ''Jeune Afrique'', 13 June 2013 {{
Niat Njifenji also served in the government as Minister of Planning and Territorial Administration from 7 September 1990 to 26 April 1991, while remaining Director-General of SONEL. Subsequently, he was Deputy Prime Minister for Mines, Water, and Energy from 9 April 1992 to 27 November 1992. He was elected to the [[National Assembly (Cameroon)|National Assembly]] in the [[1992 Cameroonian parliamentary election|1992 parliamentary election]], but he did not serve his term and remained in his post as Director-General of SONEL throughout the 1990s. Eventually the company was [[privatization|privatized]],<ref name=Homme/> and Niat Njifenji was replaced by an [[AES Sirocco]] executive in July 2001.<ref>[http://www.africaintelligence.com/AEM/who-s-who/2001/08/22/marcel-niat-njifenji,2325873-ART "Marcel Niat Njifenji"], ''Africa Energy Intelligence'', number 304, Africa Intelligence, 22 August 2001.</ref> In 2002, Niat Njifenji was elected as Mayor of Bangangté;<ref>[http://www.agenceecofin.com/politique/1306-11689-le-premier-president-du-senat-camerounais-est-marcel-niat-njifenji "Le premier président du Sénat camerounais est Marcel Niat Njifenji"], Agence Ecofin, 13 June 2013 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> he served as Mayor until September 2007, when he was succeeded by [[Célestine Keutcha Courtes]].<ref>Alfred Mvogo, [http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200709240424.html "Cameroun: Célestine Keutcha Courtes, nouveau maire de Bangangté"], ''Cameroon Tribune'', 21 September 2007 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>
===President of the Senate===
In 2013, after years of delay, the Senate was established to serve as the upper house of Cameroon's [[Parliament of Cameroon|Parliament]]; previously only the [[National Assembly of Cameroon|National Assembly]] existed. President
Niat Njifenji was elected as President of the Senate on 12 June 2013. In the 100-member body, there were 86 votes in favor of Niat Njifenji; no senators voted against him, although 14 senators cast [[spoilt vote]]s.<ref name=Nya/><ref name=Elu>[http://french.china.org.cn/foreign/txt/2013-06/13/content_29105816.htm "Cameroun : Marcel Niat Njifenji élu Président du Sénat"], Xinhua, 13 June 2013 {{
==References==
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[[Category:1934 births]]
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[[Category:Members of the Senate (Cameroon)]]
[[Category:Chairs of upper houses]]
[[Category:People from West Region (Cameroon)]]
[[Category:Cameroonian engineers]]
[[Category:Deputy prime ministers of Cameroon]]
[[Category:Government ministers of Cameroon]]
[[Category:20th-century engineers]]
[[Category:20th-century Cameroonian politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century engineers]]
[[Category:21st-century Cameroonian politicians]]
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