Remembering Jeanne-Irène Biya, 34 years after
July 29, 2026, marks 34 years since the death of Jeanne-Irène Biya, the first wife of Cameroon’s President Paul Biya. She died on July 29, 1992, at the Unity Palace in Yaoundé.
Jeanne-Irène and Paul Biya were married in 1961 in Antony, France. She is widely known as the mother of Franck Biya, who has become a prominent figure in Cameroon’s business and political circles.
However, several publications have also identified a second man, Roger Ndoumin, as her son. Unlike Franck Biya, Roger Ndoumin remains almost absent from public life, and there is little independently verified information about him.
No official biography from the presidency publicly identifies him as a member of Paul Biya’s immediate family. There is also no reliably confirmed public record of his profession, current residence, official role or relationship with the presidential family.
Over the years, some publications and social media discussions have claimed that he deliberately remained distant from the Biya family and chose not to use the president’s surname. These claims have not been independently confirmed, and the reasons for his alleged absence from public life remain unclear.
His name nevertheless continues to raise questions. Who is Roger Ndoumin? Is he indeed Jeanne-Irène Biya’s second son? Where is he today, and why has so little been publicly documented about him?
Thirty-four years after Jeanne-Irène Biya’s death, the story of Roger Ndoumin remains surrounded by uncertainty. Until credible documentary evidence or confirmation from the family emerges, he remains a little-known figure whose reported connection to Cameroon’s presidential family continues to generate curiosity and speculation.
Remembering Jeanne-Irène Biya, 34 years after
