Gibering Bol Alima

Gibering Bol Alima
Born	February 20, 1942 Mbanga, Littoral Region, Cameroon
Died	July 30, 1999 Yaoundé General Hospital, Cameroon
Nationality	Cameroonian
Alma mater	University of London
Occupation(s)	Politician, agronomist engineer
Known for	Ministerial roles, Political career

Gibering Bol Alima was a Cameroonian political figure. An agronomist engineer by training, he held administrative and then political functions as minister, ambassador and deputy.

Early life and education

Born on February 20, 1942, in Mbanga in the Littoral region of Cameroon, he did his secondary studies at the Lycée Général Leclerc in Yaoundé, where he obtained the Baccalaureate in elementary mathematics in 1962.

Then admitted to the École Nationale Supérieure Agronomic, he obtained his agronomic engineer diploma in 1966.

In the meantime, he also obtained the Certificate of Higher Studies in Physical Sciences at the Federal University of Cameroon in 1965.

In 1968 he graduated from the École supérieure d'agronomie tropical de Nogent-sur-Marne in France. In 1969, he graduated from Orstom in Paris in the field of research Agronomy. And to complete his studies, he obtained the PHD. in Agronomy in 1978 at the University of London.

Career

Administratively, Gibering Bol Alima occupied several positions:

• Head of the Haut-Nyong agricultural district in Abong-Mbang (1966–1967)
• Deputy Director of ENSA (1970–1975)
• Co-director of the FAO/ENSA project (1973–1976)
• Director of ENSA (1975–1979)
• Director General of the University Center of Dschang cumulatively with his functions as Director of ENSA from August 7, 1978.

He held several political positions:

• Minister of Planning and Industry (April 12, 1983 – February 4, 1984)
• Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research (February 4, 1984 – August 24, 1985)
• Ambassador of Cameroon to the United Kingdom (January 22, 1987 – October 5, 1994).
• Member of the Central Committee of the Cameroonian National Union from 1980 to 1985, where he served as Deputy Secretary for Youth.

In May 1997, during the 1997 Cameroonian parliamentary election, he was elected Cameroon People's Democratic Movement deputy from Mbam-et-Inoubou to the National Assembly until his death on July 30, 1999 at the Yaoundé General Hospital.

Publications

• "Development and use of human resources in Cameroon", (Clé editions, Yaoundé, 1984). Preliminary studies on the biological effects of cutting height on the growth and development of Stylosauthes gracilis HBK'.
• "Rapport de stage de deuxième année" ("Second year internship report"). Biology Series, 1974, (23), pp. 57-65. Study at the Adiopodoumé Laboratory in Ivory Coast. ORSTOM, 1969, 85 p. multigr.

Bibliography

• Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (Historical Dictionaries of Africa book 113) 4th Edition, by Mark Dike DeLancey, Rebecca Neh Mbuh, Mark W. DeLancey, Publisher: Scarecrow Press; 4 edition (May 3, 2010),
• "Les intellectuels camerounais sous le régime Ahidjo (1958–1982), Maximin Emagna" (PDF). gap.ugent.be. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2016.