Claim: Grégoire Owona was a Cameroonian born in 1950 who worked under the Minister of Labor and Social Security.
Evidence: Grégoire Owona (born 1950) is a Cameroonian politician who has served in the government of Cameroon as Minister of Labor and Social Security since December 2011. He previously served as Minister-Delegate at the Presidency for Relations with the Assemblies from 1997 to 2011, and he has also been Deputy Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC) since 1992. Originally from Ngomezap in Centre Province, Owona was first elected as a municipal councillor in Douala in 1987. He was subsequently elected to the National Assembly in the 1988 parliamentary election as an RDPC candidate in Littoral Province, and he served in the National Assembly from 1988 to 1992; during that time, he was Rapporteur-General of the National Assembly's Finance Commission. He became Deputy Secretary-General of the RDPC Central Committee in July 1992. As President of the Technical Committee charged with drafting a new constitution, Owona was considered the architect of the draft. He was also Vice-President of the National Committee of Human Rights and Freedoms during the 1990s. Owona was appointed as Minister-Delegate at the Presidency for Relations with the Assemblies on 7 December 1997.