Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh

Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh is a Cameroonian politician and diplomat who served as the secretary-general to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cameroon from 2010 to 2011 and later the secretary-general to the President Paul Biya in 2011. He received the title of Minister of State in January 2019. Ngoh is considered a close confidant of Paul Biya.

Biography Ngoh was born in Minta, a town in Haute-Sanaga, in what is now Cameroon. Between 1997 and 1998, he had a brief stint in the civil cabinet of the Presidency. On December 6, 2011, Ngoh was appointed secretary-general to President Paul Biya. In this role, Ngoh was considered a close confidant of Biya and a powerful politician. On January 4, 2019, Ngoh was appointed Minister of State, an honor heavily influenced by Chantal Biya. Around this time, Ngoh was considered by Cameroonian analysts to be the de facto President instead of Paul Biya, with Ngoh having control over all political affairs.

In October 2022, Ngoh was physically summoned by investigators in response to departments under his control embezzling millions of dollars in funds delineated to fight COVID-19. The scandal, known as Covidgate, led to Ngoh having a warrant for his arrest.