{"id":"francoise-foning","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/francoise-foning","language":"en","name":"Françoise Foning","name_en":"Françoise Foning","name_ne":null,"description":"Cameroonian politician (1949-2015)","headline":"Cameroonian politician (1949-2015)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Françoise Foning was a Cameroonian businessperson and politician for the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM). She began a career in business at age 12, opening a restaurant before entering into the tourism, transportation, food, medical and education sectors. Foning became president of CPDM's women's division in 1992 and was appointed the party's leader in Douala and the national committee five years later. In 2002, she was elected deputy mayor of Douala II and began serving in the National Assembly that same year. Foning led the African Network and Cameroonian Businesswomen and consulted The World Bank, the African Development Bank along with several international agencies. She was founding president of the Association of Cameroonian Businesswomen and the NGO World Female Company Managers. A street in Douala was named in her memory.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1949","date":"1949"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17628636#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Bafou","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2878900"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17628636#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"23 January 2015","date":"2015-01-23"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17628636#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Yaoundé","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3808"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17628636#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Cameroon","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1009"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17628636#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"businessperson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43845"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17628636#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Cameroon People's Democratic Movement","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q953447"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17628636#P102"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"mayor (2002–2015)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30185","start":"2002","end":"2015"},{"text":"Member of the National Assembly of Cameroon (18 May 1997 – 21 July 2007)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21295975","start":"1997-05-18","end":"2007-07-21"},{"text":"Member of the National Assembly of Cameroon (1988–1992)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21295975","start":"1988","end":"1992"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17628636#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Foning","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17628636"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Françoise Foning born?","a":"Françoise Foning was born on 1949 in Bafou."},{"q":"What positions has Françoise Foning held?","a":"Positions held by Françoise Foning include: mayor (2002–2015); Member of the National Assembly of Cameroon (1997–2007); Member of the National Assembly of Cameroon (1988–1992)."}],"related":[{"name":"Andrew Johnson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrew-johnson"},{"name":"Ehud Olmert","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ehud-olmert"},{"name":"Hussein Khalidi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hussein-khalidi"},{"name":"Ekrem İmamoğlu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ekrem-imamoglu"},{"name":"Nir Barkat","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nir-barkat"},{"name":"Bill Haslam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-haslam"},{"name":"Youssoufa Daoua","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/youssoufa-daoua"},{"name":"Laurentine Mbede","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/laurentine-mbede"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/francoise-foning-fc7fc4dd4c.jpg","width":500,"height":752,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Sergelowe","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FrancoiseFoning.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Françoise Foning","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Foning","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q17628636","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17628636","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: FrancoiseFoning.jpg by Sergelowe (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FrancoiseFoning.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Françoise Foning, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: FrancoiseFoning.jpg — Sergelowe, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Françoise Foning\". DigiNepal. Last updated 12 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/francoise-foning. Retrieved 14 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-12T06:53:03Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-13","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/francoise-foning","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/francoise-foning","ne":null}}