Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya
{{Short description|Cameroonian King (1937–2021)}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya
| succession = Mfon of the Bamum
| image = Ibrahim Mbombo NjoyaKdfsultanIb.jpg
| caption = Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya in 2014
| reign = 28 July 1992 – 27 September 2021
| predecessor = Seidou Njimoluh Njoya
| successor = Nabil Mbombo Njoya
| birth_place = Foumban, Cameroon
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|9|27|1937|10|27|df=y}}
| death_place = American Hospital, Paris, France
| spouse =
| issue =
| father = Seidou Njimoluh Njoya
| occupation = Politician
}}
Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya (27 October 1937 – 27 September 2021) was a Cameroonian politician and traditional King.
Biography
He was trained as a civil administrator at the Institute for Administrative Studies in Dakar, after which he entered politics as a member of Cameroon's ruling party, the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement. He was a Senator and held several important government positions including Vice Minister of National Education and Culture, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Youth and Sports, Minister of Information, and ambassador to Equatorial Guinea and Egypt. He was the king of the Bamum people from 1992 until his disappearance in 2021.
Mbombo Njoya died due to complications of COVID-19,{{Cite web|url=https://actucameroun.com/2021/09/27/necrologie-ibrahim-mbombo-njoya-roi-des-bamouns-est-mort/|lang=fr|title=Nécrologie : Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, roi des Bamouns, est mort|date=27 September 2021|first=Christopher|last=Happi|website=Actu Cameroun|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928020827/https://actucameroun.com/2021/09/27/necrologie-ibrahim-mbombo-njoya-roi-des-bamouns-est-mort/|archive-date=28 September 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20210927-cameroun-le-sultan-roi-des-bamouns-ibrahim-mbombo-njoya-est-mort|title=Cameroun: le sultan roi des Bamouns, Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, est mort|date=27 September 2021|orig-date=last modified 28 September 2021|website=Radio France Internationale|lang=fr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928021110/https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20210927-cameroun-le-sultan-roi-des-bamouns-ibrahim-mbombo-njoya-est-mort|archive-date=28 September 2021}} for which he was being treated in intensive care at the American Hospital of Paris,{{cite web |url=https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/cameroon-sultan-of-bamouns-ibrahim-mbombo-njoya-passes-away/ |website=Journal du Cameroun |date=27 September 2021 |title=Cameroon: Sultan of Bamouns, Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya passes away |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928022643/https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/cameroon-sultan-of-bamouns-ibrahim-mbombo-njoya-passes-away/ |archive-date=28 September 2021}} exactly a month prior to turning 84.
References
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See also
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Category:Cameroonian politicians
Category:Cameroonian traditional rulers
Category:People from West Region (Cameroon)
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in France
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