Henri Hogbe Nlend
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Henri Hogbe Nlend is a Cameroon
ian mathematician, university professor, former government minister and presidential candidate.
, and at the University of Bordeaux
.
In 1976 at a meeting of the International Mathematical Union
it was decided to form an African Mathematical Union
. Hogbe Nlend was elected as its first president. A post he held until 1986. The AMU was partially funded from another body on Paris which was also chaired by Hogbe Nlend. It was said that he was good at raising funds and that meetings were held twice a year.
Hogbe Nlend was a candidate in the presidential election held on 12 October 1997
, which was boycotted by the major opposition parties, and placed second, although he received only 2.9% of the vote. The winning candidate, incumbent President Paul Biya
, appointed Nlend as Minister of Scientific and Technical Research after the election.
His text book on the theory on duality topology-bornology and its use in functional analysis has been described as a classic.
Henri Hogbe Nlend is a member of the historical Cameroon party, the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon
(Union des Populations du Cameroun) and leader of one faction of this party. Hogbe Nlend fell out with Augustin Frederic Kodock
, the Secretary-General of another UPC faction, in 2002. At the time of the July 2007 parliamentary election
, Charly Gabriel Mbock, member of Hogbe Nlend UPC faction and outgoing UPC parliamentary deputy, resigned from the UPC and joined a new party, National Movement Party, vowing to carry on the struggle for which UPC has stood for, but this was disbanded when differences were resolved a year later, in a reconciliation meeting with the Hogbe Nlend UPC faction. (Kodock claimed in a press conference that Mbock had insufficient support to move this new party forward as he lacked the 500 signatures required by law). In reality, the 1990 Law to constitute an entity for legalisation as a political party in Cameroon does not include this requirement.
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
ian mathematician, university professor, former government minister and presidential candidate.
Biography
Henri Hogbe Nlend was a Professor at the University of YaoundéUniversity of Yaoundé
The University of Yaoundé is a leading university in Cameroon, located in Yaoundé.It was built with the help of France and opened in 1962 as the Federal University of Yaoundé, dropping the "Federal" in 1972 when the country was reorganized....
, and at the University of Bordeaux
University of Bordeaux
University of Bordeaux is an association of higher education institutions in and around Bordeaux, France. Its current incarnation was established 21 March 2007. The group is the largest system of higher education schools in southwestern France. It is part of the Academy of Bordeaux.There are seven...
.
In 1976 at a meeting of the International Mathematical Union
International Mathematical Union
The International Mathematical Union is an international non-governmental organisation devoted to international cooperation in the field of mathematics across the world. It is a member of the International Council for Science and supports the International Congress of Mathematicians...
it was decided to form an African Mathematical Union
African Mathematical Union
The African Mathematical Union or Union Mathematique Africaine is an African organization dedicated to the development of mathematics in Africa. It was founded in 1976 in Rabat, Morocco, during the first Pan-African Congress of Mathematicians with Henri Hogbe Nlend as its first President...
. Hogbe Nlend was elected as its first president. A post he held until 1986. The AMU was partially funded from another body on Paris which was also chaired by Hogbe Nlend. It was said that he was good at raising funds and that meetings were held twice a year.
Hogbe Nlend was a candidate in the presidential election held on 12 October 1997
Cameroonian presidential election, 1997
Presidential elections were held in Cameroon on 12 October 1997. They were boycotted by the main opposition parties, the Social Democratic Front, the National Union for Democracy and Progress, and the Cameroon Democratic Union, as well as the smaller African Peoples Union. As a result incumbent...
, which was boycotted by the major opposition parties, and placed second, although he received only 2.9% of the vote. The winning candidate, incumbent President Paul Biya
Paul Biya
Paul Biya is a Cameroonian politician who has been the President of Cameroon since 6 November 1982. A native of Cameroon's south, Biya rose rapidly as a bureaucrat under President Ahmadou Ahidjo in the 1960s, serving as Secretary-General of the Presidency from 1968 to 1975 and then as Prime...
, appointed Nlend as Minister of Scientific and Technical Research after the election.
His text book on the theory on duality topology-bornology and its use in functional analysis has been described as a classic.
Henri Hogbe Nlend is a member of the historical Cameroon party, the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon
Union of the Peoples of Cameroon
The Union of the Peoples of Cameroon is a political party in Cameroon.-History:UPC was founded on April 10, 1948, at a meeting in the bar Chez Sierra in Bassa. 12 men assisted the founding meeting, including Charles Assalé, Léonard Bouli, and Guillaume Bagal. The majority of the participants were...
(Union des Populations du Cameroun) and leader of one faction of this party. Hogbe Nlend fell out with Augustin Frederic Kodock
Augustin Frédéric Kodock
Augustin Frédéric Kodock was a Cameroonian politician who has been Secretary-General of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon since 1991. He worked in Cameroon's state administration during the 1960s and then worked at the African Development Bank through the 1970s...
, the Secretary-General of another UPC faction, in 2002. At the time of the July 2007 parliamentary election
Cameroonian parliamentary election, 2007
A parliamentary election was held in Cameroon on 22 July 2007, with some polls held again on 30 September 2007. 1,274 candidates stood for the 180 seats in the National Assembly, with 41 parties participating...
, Charly Gabriel Mbock, member of Hogbe Nlend UPC faction and outgoing UPC parliamentary deputy, resigned from the UPC and joined a new party, National Movement Party, vowing to carry on the struggle for which UPC has stood for, but this was disbanded when differences were resolved a year later, in a reconciliation meeting with the Hogbe Nlend UPC faction. (Kodock claimed in a press conference that Mbock had insufficient support to move this new party forward as he lacked the 500 signatures required by law). In reality, the 1990 Law to constitute an entity for legalisation as a political party in Cameroon does not include this requirement.
Selected bibliography
- Théorie des bornologies et applications, (in French) Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 213. Springer-Verlag, Berlin-New York, 1971. v+168 pp.
- Bornologies and functional analysis, Translated from the French by V. B. Moscatelli. North-Holland Mathematics Studies, Vol. 26. Notas de Matemática, No. 62. [Notes on Mathematics, No. 62] North-Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam-New York-Oxford, 1977. xii+144 pp. ISBN 0-7204-0712-5
- editor Functional analysis and its applications. Papers from the International School held in Nice, August 25--September 20, 1986. . ICPAM Lecture Notes. World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1988. viii+380 pp. ISBN 9971-50-545-2 46-06 (47-06)