Pierre Kotouo


Pierre Kotouo was a Cameroonian politician who served in the French Senate from 1955 to 1958.

Career

Pierre Kotouo was a principal administrative assistant in the civil and financial services of Cameroon in 1952, and he remained a member until 1956. This marked the beginning of his political career, which continued in the Council of the Republic, where he was elected on 19 June 1955. As a senator, Pierre Kotouo served as the intermediary responsible for presenting to the French government the demands of his compatriots at a time when the decolonization movement was in full swing. He joined the “Overseas IndependentsAfrican Democratic Rally” group, which he left in June 1958 to form, with eight other senators, the “African Rally and Federalist Party” group chaired by Emile-Derlin Zinsou.