Dsamou Micheline
- Pharmacist
- politician
- businesswoman
Micheline Dsamou (born Micheline Moutio, 1 June 1947)[1] is a Cameroonian pharmacist and politician. She has served as a senator in the Cameroonian parliament since March 2018.
Early life
Micheline Dsamou was born in Bangangté, in the West Region of Cameroon. For her primary-school education, she attended the public school in New Bell, a working-class neighborhood in the city of Douala. She pursued her secondary education at Noutong College in Bangangté, then at the girls' high school in Douala, and finally at the Lycée d'Etampes [fr] in France. In the early 1970s, she enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy in Angers, obtaining a pharmacy diploma.
Career
Dsamou is also an entrepreneur.[2] After completing her studies, she decided to return to Cameroon to contribute to the country's development during an economic boom period.[3]
Upon her return, she acquired the Guely pharmacy from a French expatriate. At the age of 28, she established the Pharmacie du Soleil in Yaoundé in 1975. In 1986, she established Pharmacam, a pharmaceutical distribution company, and in the early 1990s, she ventured into transit and logistics with the creation of Line Transit.
She holds leadership positions in several other companies.[4][5]
Political career
In September 2011, Dsamou was elected as an alternate member of the central committee of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement,[6] and in 2018, she was elected as a senator.[7] She was re-elected as a senator in March 2023.[8]
References
- ^ "Dr Dsamou Micheline, une pharmacienne ambitieuse". CAMEROON CEO (in French). 23 July 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Cameroun: La milliardaire Dsamou Micheline lance le plus gros projet agro-industriel". CamerounWeb (in French). 7 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ Fogang, Michèle (4 February 2022). "Promotion de l'agro-industrie: un parc intégré annoncé à l'Ouest" [Promoting Agribusiness: An Integrated Park Announced in the West]. Cameroon Tribune (in French). Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Cameroun: Un parc agro-industriel intégré pour produire plus de huit cents tonnes de riz par an" [Cameroon: An integrated agro-industrial park to produce more than eight hundred tons of rice per year]. 237 Online (in French). 7 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ Mbodiam, Brice R. (10 March 2023). "The Agro-industrial park project is expected to generate at least 2,000 direct jobs in Western Cameroon". Business in Cameroon (in English).
- ^ "Les Membres Suppléants du comité Central" [Alternate Members of the Central Committee]. Site Web Officiel du RDPC (Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais) | Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (in French). 11 September 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Les Sénateurs élus du RDPC | CPDM". Senatoriales Comité Central du RDPC | CPDM. 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Cameroun-Sénatoriale 2023: La liste des 70 sénateurs élus dévoilée" [Cameroon-Senatorial 2023: The list of 70 elected senators revealed]. 237infos (in French). 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
Further reading
- "L'Etat apporte sa caution à la création d'un parc industriel de 52 milliards de FCFA à l'Ouest-Cameroun". Investir au Cameroun (in French). 4 February 2022.
- Djene, Erel (25 January 2023). "Elections sénatoriales 2023: qui est la sénatrice que Célestine Ketcha Courtès veut disqualifier à l'Ouest" [2023 senatorial elections: Who is the senator that Célestine Ketcha Courtès wants to disqualify in the West]. Actu Cameroun (in French). Retrieved 24 April 2024.
Mme Micheline Moutio Epse Dsamou est une sénatrice sortante du parti au pouvoir le Rassemblement démocratique du peuple camerounais (RDPC).
[Ms. Micheline Moutio Epse Dsamou is an outgoing senator from the ruling Cameroonian People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) party.]