Narcisse Mouelle Kombi to remodel arts, culture

Yesterday’s Presidential decree reshuffling cabinet uplifted Narcisse Mouelle Kombi as Minister of Arts and Culture.

It was a day that started like others but finally turned out to be one that will go down memory lane to sons and daughters of the Canton Wouri-Bwelé in Yabassi, Nkam Division of the Littoral Region.

Joy and a show of gratitude gripped them on October 2, 2015 when on the 5 pm newscast over the Cameroon Radio Television, a Presidential decree reshuffling government raised their son, Narcisse Mouelle Kombi, to Minister of Arts and Culture.

The news spread like wildfire and so did the mobilisation. The home of Narcisse Mouelle Kombi at the Mballa II neighbourhood was thus invaded with friends, colleagues, family relations and well-wishers thronging to wish him good in his new duty post.

“I understand the sector like others is full of stakes and challenges but I am ready, with the collaboration of my team, to surmount setbacks,” Narcisse Mouelle Kombi told Cameroon Tribune.

Before his appointment as Minister on Friday, Narcisse Mouelle Kombi served as Special Adviser to the President of the Republic since December 2011. The Law and Political Science Associate Professor was Director of the International Relations Institute of Cameroon, IRIC, (2005-2012) before being appointed to the Presidency.

He has served as a supernumerary lawyer in the Legal Affairs Division of UNESCO in Paris, France and as a Public Law Instructor at the Academy of Versailles. It was in 1993 that his teaching career began at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the University of Yaounde II, Soa, from where he climbed the ladder to the rank of professor.

Born on May 6, 1962 in Douala, Littoral Region, Narcisse Mouelle Kombi, trained in Mathematics and Physics in high school before opting for Law and Economics at the Bachelor’s Degree level after which he obtained a Master’s Degree in Public Law. He also studied International Law in France.

Narcisse Mouelle Kombi is author of over 30 scientific publications and four books. He counts several awards. The father of four is also an alternate member of the Central Committee of the ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement party.