René Claude Meka

René Claude Meka
René Claude Meka
	Meka in 2019.
Born	2 February 1939 (age 86); Enongal, near Ebolowa, Cameroon
Military career
Allegiance	Cameroon
Service / branch	Cameroon Armed Forces
Years of service	1962-
Rank	Chief of the General Staff
Battles / wars	Anglophone Crisis Bakassi Peninsula; ;

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

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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]

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