René Claude Meka

René Claude Meka is a senior Cameroonian officer and Chief of Staff of the Cameroon Armed Forces since September 2001.^[1]

Meka in 2019.

Meka was born on February 2, 1939, in Enongal near Ebolowa. He graduated from the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1962 and from infantry school of Saint-Maixent in 1963.^[2]

During the border dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria over the Bakassi Peninsula, Meka was tasked with securing the territory by deploying the Rapid Intervention Battalion.^[1]

References

1. Les 50 personnalités qui font le Cameroun : René Claude Meka, Jeune Afrique, Apr 26, 2019. Accessed Jul 19, 2019. (French)
2. Biographie du Général René Claude Meka, Chef d’Etat-Major des Armées, mindef-online.cm, Apr 12, 2018. Accessed Jul 19, 2019. (French)