Cameroon · Government
Government and administration in Cameroon
How the executive, legislature and administrative state are organised, and which body is responsible for what.
The three branches
- Executive — President and Prime Minister
- Seven-year presidential term; term limits removed in 2008.
- Legislative — National Assembly and Senate
- 180 deputies; 100 senators, 30 of them presidentially appointed.
- Judicial — Supreme Court and Constitutional Council
- Higher Judicial Council chaired by the President.
- Local — Ten regions
- Special status granted to the two anglophone regions in 2019.
How legislation is made
Bills pass committee and plenary in the National Assembly and are transmitted to the Senate; disagreement is resolved by a joint commission or a second Assembly vote. The President promulgates or may seek constitutional review.
Enforcement institutions
- Police nationale and Gendarmerie
- Policing under Territorial Administration and Defence.
- Legal Department (Parquet)
- Prosecutors direct criminal proceedings.
- CONAC
- National Anti-Corruption Commission.
Government bodies and regulators
- executiveMinistère de la JusticeAdministers the courts and the prison service across both the civil-law and common-law jurisdictions.
- executiveDirection Générale des ImpôtsAssesses and collects national taxes under the Code Général des Impôts.
- executiveDélégation Générale à la Sûreté NationaleIssues passports, residence permits and controls entry at the borders.
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