12 Facts About Bernard Muna

Bernard Muna was a Cameroonian lawyer, magistrate and politician.

Bernard Muna served as Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda from 1997 to 2002.

Bernard Muna was a candidate for the 2011 Presidential elections in Cameroon.

Bernard Muna died of heart disease on 6 October 2019, at the General Hospital of Yaounde.

Bernard Muna was named Magistrate in Bamenda in 1969, and Chief Prosecutor for Northwest Province in 1971.

Bernard Muna decided to resign from the Public Bar to enrol at the Bar of the Federated State of West Cameroon, establishing his practice in Buea.

Bernard Muna was then named United Nations Country Rapporteur for penal reform and crime prevention in 1987, and elected President of the newly created Central African Lawyers Union.

Bernard Muna was appointed Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on 29 April 1997.

Bernard Muna was the brother of Akere Muna, founder and former president of Transparency International Cameroon.

In 2013, Bernard Muna was appointed by the UN Secretary General to the UN Commission of Inquiry on the situation in the Central African Republic.

Bernard Muna announced his candidacy for President of the Republic of Cameroon, which was held in 2011.

Bernard Muna's candidacy was supported by the Alliance des Forces Progressistes, an opposition party which had been previously prevented by government authorities to compete in presidential elections.