Alphonse Siyam Siwe (born August 4, 1953 [1] [2]) is a Cameroonian politician who served as Minister of Energy and Water from 2004 to 2006 and was previously the Director-General of the Autonomous Port of Douala. In 2007, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison for corruption.
Born in Douala, [2] Siwe was Deputy Director of Labogenie from 1981 to 1984 [1] and Director of Labogenie from 1984 to 1990. [1] [3] He was appointed as Deputy Secretary-General of the Presidency on September 7, 1990, [1] serving in that position until 1992. He subsequently became Secretary-General of the Ministry of Public Works in 1995 before being elected to the National Assembly from Haut-Nkam constituency in the 1997 parliamentary election. [2] He became Director-General of the Autonomous Port of Douala in April 1998 and remained in that post until February 2005. [4]
In the 2002 parliamentary election, Siwe was re-elected to the National Assembly from Haut-Nkam constituency, [3] [5] where his list, that of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement, received 49.58 percent of the vote and won two of the three available seats. [5] Siwe also served as Mayor of Bafang. [2] [3]
Siwe was appointed as Minister of Energy and Water in the government named on December 8, 2004. [3] [6] He served in that post for a little over a year; on February 24, 2006, he was dismissed from the government and arrested [7] for allegedly participating in the theft of about 38 billion CFA francs in public funds during his stint as Director-General of the Autonomous Port of Douala. This was widely believed to be a witch hunt and an attempt by those in power at preventing his rise in popularity; which they saw as a threat. [8] He was tried along with 12 other defendants [9] in December 2007. On December 13, 2007, verdicts in the trial were announced; Siwe received the most severe sentence, 30 years in prison. [8] [9] He was convicted on six charges and acquitted on ten. Three of the other 12 defendants were also found guilty, [9] including Edouard Nathanaël Etondè Ekotto and François Marie Siéwé Nitcheu, who respectively received 15- and 25-year sentences. [8] [9]
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Alphonse Siyam Siwe (born August 4, 1953 [1] [2]) is a Cameroonian politician who served as Minister of Energy and Water from 2004 to 2006 and was previously the Director-General of the Autonomous Port of Douala. In 2007, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison for corruption.
Born in Douala, [2] Siwe was Deputy Director of Labogenie from 1981 to 1984 [1] and Director of Labogenie from 1984 to 1990. [1] [3] He was appointed as Deputy Secretary-General of the Presidency on September 7, 1990, [1] serving in that position until 1992. He subsequently became Secretary-General of the Ministry of Public Works in 1995 before being elected to the National Assembly from Haut-Nkam constituency in the 1997 parliamentary election. [2] He became Director-General of the Autonomous Port of Douala in April 1998 and remained in that post until February 2005. [4]
In the 2002 parliamentary election, Siwe was re-elected to the National Assembly from Haut-Nkam constituency, [3] [5] where his list, that of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement, received 49.58 percent of the vote and won two of the three available seats. [5] Siwe also served as Mayor of Bafang. [2] [3]
Siwe was appointed as Minister of Energy and Water in the government named on December 8, 2004. [3] [6] He served in that post for a little over a year; on February 24, 2006, he was dismissed from the government and arrested [7] for allegedly participating in the theft of about 38 billion CFA francs in public funds during his stint as Director-General of the Autonomous Port of Douala. This was widely believed to be a witch hunt and an attempt by those in power at preventing his rise in popularity; which they saw as a threat. [8] He was tried along with 12 other defendants [9] in December 2007. On December 13, 2007, verdicts in the trial were announced; Siwe received the most severe sentence, 30 years in prison. [8] [9] He was convicted on six charges and acquitted on ten. Three of the other 12 defendants were also found guilty, [9] including Edouard Nathanaël Etondè Ekotto and François Marie Siéwé Nitcheu, who respectively received 15- and 25-year sentences. [8] [9]
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link), presse-francophone.org (in French).