Hermine Patricia Tomaïno Ndam Njoya
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People's International Institute Histadrut
- Politician
- entrepreneur
- author
Hermine Patricia Tomaïno Ndam Njoya | |
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 Hermine Patricia Tomaïno Ndam Njoya Festival Écrans noirs 2025 | |
| Born | 26 January 1969 |
| Education | University of Yaoundé People's International Institute Histadrut |
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| Spouse | Adamou Ndam Njoya (deceased) |
| Children | 3 |
| Mother | Ayiagnigni Marie Angèle |
| Honours | Prix "Cassino Cita Per la Pace" 2020-Italy
International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) USA Government 2014 Women Leaders Resolution 13/25. 2015 Women in Politics Celebrating Women in Parliament 2018-UK Government |
| Website | https://www.udc-party.cm/ |
Hermine Patricia Tomaïno Ndam Njoya (born 26 January 1969)[1] is a Cameroonian politician, entrepreneur, and author. She is the president of the Union démocratique du Cameroun (UDC) since the national convention of 2021. Hon. Tomaïno Ndam Njoya served as a member of parliament at the National Assembly of Cameroon from 2007-2020.[2][3] She is currently the mayor of Foumban and the spokesperson of the Regional Council of the West Region.
She is a candidate for the 2025 Cameroonian presidential election.[4]
She heads a coffee company and has been the president of the Association of Cameroonian Women in Coffee (AFECC) since 2016.[5] Hermine Patricia is the widow of Adamou Ndam Njoya, the national president of the UDC.[6]
Born in Yaoundé in 1969, Hermine Patricia Tomaino Ndam Njoya grew up in Cameroon between the cities of Yaoundé and Foumban. After completing her primary education, she began her secondary education in 1980 at the Sultan-Njoya High School in Foumban, culminating in obtaining her A4 baccalaureate in 1987.[1]
She then joined the Faculty of Law and Economics at the University of Yaoundé, where she earned a bachelor's degree in law in 1990 and a master's degree in Public Law in 1992.[7]
In 2001 she attended the People's International Institute Histadrut for a special program on the role of women in urban rehabilitation.
Political career
Tomaïno Ndam Njoya is the president of the Cameroonian Democratic Union (UDC) she became involved in politics in 1991 and participated in opposition marches calling for a return to multipartism.
She joined the UDC at its inception in 1991. She was elected as a member of parliament to the National Assembly for Noun in the 2007 legislative elections.
She served as the secretary of the Committee on Constitutional Laws, Human Rights and Freedoms, Justice, Legislation, and Regulation at the National Assembly of Cameroon.
She was the spokesperson for UDC deputies in the National Assembly from 2007-2020. As a member of parliament she was member of the Bureau of the National Assembly, member of the Forum of Women in Africa and Spain for a Better World, member of the African Parliamentarian Union, and Member of Réseau Parlementaire pour la Promotion du Genre--REPAGE.
Despite winning the municipal and legislative elections Member of Parliament in 2020, Hon. Tomaïno Ndam Njoya gave up her seat and chose to become municipal councillor of the City of Foumban and subsequently Mayor of the city of Foumban.[8]
She was elected Regional Councilor of the Western Region, and is the spokesperson of the councilors from the Noun Division from 2020 until the present.[9]
She is the president of the union of Noun Division mayors, Syndicat des Communes du Noun--SYNCONOUN.
She is the spokesperson of the Platform of Opposition leaders for the amendment of the Electoral Code.[10]
