Delphine Medjo

Who they were

Personal life and death Medjo had 7 children. She died on 22 September 2016 at the age of 75 in Yaoundé University Hospital . [ 1 ] ^ Cite error: The named reference actu was invoked but never defined (see the help page ).

Delphine Medjo was a Cameroonian politician and educator. A member of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement, she was elected to the Senate in 2013.

Early life

Early life Medjo was born on 9 March 1941 in Douala , Cameroon, to Mvelle Martin and Louisa Douala. She had two brothers and a sister. [ 1 ] She studied at Nkongsamba Teacher Training College . [ 2 ] ^ "Delphine Medjo" . CamerounWeb . Archived from the original on 31 July 2021 . Retrieved 8 September 2025 . ^ Onana, Bertin (23 September 2016). "Décès de la sénatrice camerounaise, Delphine Medjo" [Death of Cameroonian Senator Delphine Medjo]. Journal du Cameroun (in French).

Path and career

Awards / honours: Order of Valour and Order of Merit.

Career Medjo entered politics in 1962 with the Cameroonian Union . She met the Prime Minister of East Cameroon, Charles Assalé , while teaching at New-Bell Bassa public school, which helped her political career. Assalé offered Medjo a job in Ebolowa in Adoum public school. [ 1 ] In 1969, she was elected the head of the Cameroon National Union Women's Organization , which included Ntem and Mvila . In 1985, Medjo joined the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement and became municipal councilor of Ebolowa.

Why this date

Delphine Medjo appears on our September 22 calendar for 2016 as a death entry.