page_title: René Claude Meka
hierarchical_section_title: René Claude Meka
caption_attribution_description: English: Defense Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Rene Claude Meka speaks at the Defense headquarters in Yaounde, Cameroon, Jan. 21 2019.
context_page_description: René Claude Meka is a senior Cameroonian officer and Chief of Staff of the Cameroon Armed Forces since September 2001.
  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.
  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.
context_section_description: René Claude Meka is a senior Cameroonian officer and Chief of Staff of the Cameroon Armed Forces since September 2001.
  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.
  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.
caption: Meka in 2019.
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