 ephraÃ¯m inoni (born 16 august 1947profile at government website."sortie: la chute des baobabs", cameroon-info.net, december 9, 2004 .) is a cameroonian politician who was prime minister of cameroon from 2004 to 2009. he was a long-time aide of president paul biya and is a member of the ruling cameroon people's democratic movement (rdpc)."biya aide named premier, cabinet reshuffled", irin, december 13, 2004. he was appointed to the position of prime minister by biya on december 8, 2004"inoni ephraim nommÃ© premier ministre du cameroun", xinhua, december 9, 2004 . and was sworn in that day. ==career== inoni is an anglophone and a member of the bakweri ethnic group. he was born in the village of bakingili, near limbÃ©, in the southwest region of cameroon. he was municipal treasurer of douala from 1981 to 1982, then treasurer of the cameroonian embassy to the united states from 1982 to 1984 and director of account balancing at the ministry of finance from 1984 to 1988."inoni ephraÃ¯m", cameroun: les hommes de pouvoir nÂ°7, africa intelligence, september 17, 2002 . he was later named secretary of state for finances on april 9, 1992 and then deputy secretary general to the presidency on november 27, 1992, serving in the latter position until his appointment as prime minister in december 2004. inoni is a member of the central committee of the rdpc.list of members of the rdpc central committee, rdpc website . he was part of the campaign team for biya's election campaign in the 2004 presidential election and was the president of the campaign's support committee in the southwest province."president paul biya selects campaign team", 2004 presidential election website. biya dismissed inoni from his post as prime minister on june 30, 2
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