Peter Agbor Tabi, Deputy Secretary General at the Presidency in Cameroon has died, a newspaper reported on Wednesday, saying that he died at a hospital in France. He was 65.
The deceased was said to have been ill and in coma for sometimes at the American hospital in France where he finally passed on Tuesday, April 26. The cause of death was unknown.
Born in February 1951 in Mamfe, South West region of Cameroon, Mr. Tabi traveled abroad for further studies after first studying in Cameroon, said online newspaper, Cameroonjournal.com
“He held a PhD in International Studies awarded in 1982 by the University of South Carolina, USA. He was equally a Fulbright scholar between September 1983 and May 1984.
“Before ascending to the post of Deputy Secretary General which is more or less regarded as a rite of passage for future Prime Ministers in Cameroon, Agbor Tabi had held the post of Higher Education Minister, Pro-Chancellor of the University of Buea, Rector of the University of Yaounde II, Director of the International Relations Institute, IRIC, Deputy Director of IRIC, Head of the Department of International Economics and Board Chairman of the University of Yaounde II; among others,” the newspaper said.