René Claude Meka (born 2 February 1939) is a senior Cameroonian officer and Chief of Staff of the Cameroon Armed Forces since September 2001.Les 50 personnalités qui font le Cameroun : René Claude Meka, Jeune Afrique, Apr 26, 2019. Accessed Jul 19, 2019. (French)
Biography Meka was born on 2 February 1939, in Enongal near Ebolowa. He graduated from the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1962 and from infantry school of Saint-Maixent in 1963.Biographie du Général René Claude Meka, Chef d’Etat-Major des Armées, mindef-online.cm, Apr 12, 2018. Accessed Jul 19, 2019. (French)
During the border dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria over the Bakassi Peninsula, Meka was tasked with securing the territory by deploying the Rapid Intervention Brigade.
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