1. Akere Muna was formerly the Chairman of the International Anti-Corruption Conference Council and Sanctions Commissioner of the African Development Bank Group.
38 Facts About Akere Muna
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Akere Muna has served as the Vice-Chair of Transparency International and presided over the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union, the Pan African Lawyers Union and the Cameroon Bar Association.
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For most of his career, Barrister Muna denied having any political aspirations in Cameroon, and stated that his interest remains in his work as a lawyer and with civil society organizations.
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Akere Muna was born in Ngyen-Mbo, a village in the North-West region of Cameroon.
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Akere Muna completed his primary and secondary education in his native country before heading to the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC, United States, obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in International Relations in 1975.
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Akere Muna then moved to England, where he joined the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn.
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Akere Muna was called to the Bar in England in 1978.
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In 1997, Akere Muna ran for president of the Cameroon Bar Association and won in a landslide.
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In that election, Akere Muna formed a coalition for membership of the Bar Council that represented all the regions of Cameroon.
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In 2000, Akere Muna founded the Cameroon chapter of the anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International.
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Akere Muna, was a member of that committee, in his capacity as president of the Cameroon Bar.
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In 2004, Akere Muna was elected to the Board of Directors of TI.
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Akere Muna subsequently was reelected twice to that position, and stepped down in 2014, after serving the maximum number of terms.
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Akere Muna was a founding member of the Pan African Lawyers Union, the umbrella association of African lawyers and lawyers' associations, tasked with working towards the development of the law and legal profession, the rule of law, human rights and socio-economic development of the African continent, as well as promoting African regional integration.
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In July 2005, Akere Muna was unanimously elected president of PALU by the heads of the various African bar associations.
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In September 2008, Akere Muna was unanimously elected president of ECOSOCC, replacing Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai of Kenya.
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Akere Muna was installed by President Kikwete of Tanzania, the then-President of the African Union.
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In 2010, Akere Muna became a member of the APR Panel of Eminent Persons.
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Akere Muna served as a member until 2013, when the Panel members elected him Chairperson.
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Akere Muna was panel team leader for the assessment of Sierra Leone and Tanzania.
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Akere Muna presented the reports for both countries, as well as the report for Ethiopia, to the APRM forum of heads of states.
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Akere Muna's tenure ended controversially, with his release of scathing report on the APRM Secretariat and the internal governance of the APRM process.
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In 2012, Akere Muna became a member of the High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, a body established by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and chaired by former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki.
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In 2017 Akere Muna resigned from his positions within ECOBANK Cameroon, the IACC, the IAAF and the African Development Bank to run for President in the 2018 elections in Cameroon, citing potential conflicts of interest as his reason.
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Akere Muna continues his work on the High-Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, as well as his work on anti-corruption and good governance across the globe.
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Akere Muna advises several countries on matters of governance and anti-corruption, including the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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In September 2024, Akere Muna was invested by the Univers party and on behalf of a coalition of around twenty other political organizations, in the 2025 presidential election.
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In March 2024, Akere Muna was appointed Goodwill Ambassador of the African Legal Support Facility association.
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In 1999, Akere Muna was briefed by the Abacha family to be counsel for Mohammad Abacha, the son of the former president of Nigeria, General Sani Abacha.
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Akere Muna's representation did not relate to other allegations against Mohammad Abacha, involving charges of money laundering during Abacha's father's military rule.
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Akere Muna is the son of Solomon Tandeng Muna and Elizabeth Fri Ndingsa.
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Akere Muna is the seventh of eight children; six older brothers and a younger sister.
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Akere Muna then became president of the National Assembly until his retirement in 1987.
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The Akere Muna family is one of the most prominent families in Cameroon.
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Akere Muna served as the President of the Cameroon Medical Council, the body that controls and organizes the medical profession in Cameroon, and promotes and preserves the medical ethics code.
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Akere Muna was the Deputy Prosecutor of the United Nations Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and served as President of the Cameroon Bar Association.
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Akere Muna ran unsuccessfully for president of the Republic of Cameroon in 2011, and remains a prominent opposition figure in the country.
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Walinjom Akere Muna is a cardiologist and former president of the African Society of Cardiology.