Alexis Dipanda Mouelle, a former Cameroon Supreme Court Judge, passes on
Former First President of the Supreme Court of Cameroon, Alexis Dipanda Mouelle, has passed away, according to several corroborating sources. A major figure in Cameroon’s judiciary, he died at the age of 84, just months after the death of his wife.
Born on March 25, 1942, in Bonakou Bwapaki in the Littoral Region, Alexis Dipanda Mouelle left a lasting mark on Cameroon’s judicial history for nearly five decades. Trained at the University of Paris, he joined the judiciary in 1965 before steadily rising through the ranks of the country’s legal system.
He headed the Supreme Court from 1990 to 2014, becoming one of the longest-serving senior magistrates in the country. His name remains notably linked to the validation of the controversial results of the 1992 presidential election won by Ni John Fru Ndi, but which he declared in favour of the loser, Paul Biya, admitting that “his hands were tied”. This is the judge who failed to make history in 1992, and since then, every other election result has never been clean and clear
Internationally, he also chaired a session of the United Nations Committee Against Torture.
Alexis Dipanda Mouelle, a former Cameroon Supreme Court Judge, passes on
