Sadou Hayatou

Sadou Hayatou (15 February 1942 – 1 August 2019) was a Cameroonian politician. Hayatou served as the 4th Prime Minister of Cameroon from 26 April 1991 to 9 April 1992. Early life and education Sadou Hayatou was born on 15 February 1942 in Garoua, Cameroon. He studied economics at the University of Toulouse in France and later received training at the Institut des hautes études d’outre-mer (IHEOM) in Paris. Biography Hayatou was born in Garoua. His brother, Issa Hayatou, was for a long time the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

He was appointed to the government of Cameroon as Minister of Agriculture in 1984. He was the Minister of Finance of Cameroon from 1987 to 1990.

After his stint as Prime Minister, Hayatou became National Director of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC), leaving that post on January 1, 2008. Despite the official retirement age at the Bank being 60, Hayatou was kept in his post for five additional years by BEAC Governor Jean-Félix Mamalepot.