Jean-Marie Aléokol Mabiemé

Jean-Marie Aléokol Mabiemé is a Cameroonian political figure and disability sports administrator. He served as the Secretary of State to the Minister of Defense, and was appointed as a Cameroonian senator.

As a disability sports administrator, Aléokol has served a number of roles including President of Cameroonian Federation of Sports the Intellectually Disabled, lecturer at the National Institute of Youth and Sports (INJS), member of the Ethics Committee of the National Olympic and Sports Committee of Cameroon (CNOSC), director of "Football for Hope", Vice-President of Handicap Sports Federation of Cameroon, Director of Special Olympics Cameroon, and Vice President of African Francophone Games for the Handicapped.

Government

In 2004, Aléokol was appointed as the Secretary of State to the Minister of Defense. This position put him in charge of the National Gendarmerie.[1][2][3][4][5] In 2013, he was appointed as a senator in Cameroon's Parliament by the country's head of state for the Eastern Region.[6][7]

Sports administration

Aléokol serves as the President of Cameroonian Federation of Sports the Intellectually Disabled (FECASDI).[translations 1][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] In May 2014, FECASDI hosted an Agitos Foundation funded International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability (INAS) workshop that sought to increase participation of African countries in intellectual disability sports on the international level. Aléokol served as one of the local event organizers.[15] Cameroon was supposed to send a delegation to the 2014 INAS World Indoor Athletics Championships that took place from February 28 to March 2 in Reims, France. Aléokol was supposed to be part of the delegation that accompanied the athletes to France, but the team was unable to travel as they could not get visas.[16][17][18] In his role as President, he also worked on organizing the 2016 African Open International Futsal Tournament.[19]

Aléokol is credited by Mboa.info as taking Special Olympics Cameroon out of hibernation, after becoming the organization's Director in 2005.[20] He was involved with a major programming launch for Special Olympics in 2007.[21]

Aléokol is also a lecturer at the National Institute of Youth and Sports (INJS)[translations 2] in Yaoundé.[13] In 2016, he was serving as a member of the Ethics Committee of the National Olympic and Sports Committee of Cameroon (CNOSC).[translations 3][22]

In 2007, Aléokol was the director of "Football for Hope". Serving in this role, he launched a two year program in 2007 to teach 250 people with intellectual disabilities about football. The program was supported by Cameroonian Football Federation[translations 4] and Special Olympics Cameroon. In establishing this program, Aléokol hoped to have enough players ready to potentially compete in the 2010 ID Football World Championships.[23][24] In 2008, Aléokol served as the Technical Director of the Club Paralympic Cameroon.[translations 5][25][26] That year, he was also the Vice-President of Handicap Sports Federation of Cameroon.[27]

Ahead of the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he expressed concern over the lack of the number of classifiers in Cameroon. Inability to get sportspeople classified diminished the country's ability to send sportspeople abroad to compete and left them unprepared for major competitions like the Paralympic Games.[28]

In 2013, FECASADI hosted a regional conference where issues about the development of ID sport in Africa were discussed. One of the major issues brought up by Aléokol and International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability (INAS) Executive Director Nick Parr was that there were no ID athletes from Africa who competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.[11]

Aléokol also served as the Vice President of African Francophone Games for the Handicapped,[translations 6] where he was charged with managing the Central Africa region.[8][29] Cameroon hosted the 2008 edition of the Games, with Aléokol serving point on the local organizing committee. When the Games had to be delayed as a result of a government decision, he was charged with informing the governments of participating countries of the delay.[30][31] Cameroon hosted the 2011 Central African edition, with Aléokol serving as the Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee. In this role, he worked with the government and other stakeholders to insure the Games took place under adequate conditions.[12]

Aléokol co-wrote a guide called, "Guide du Sport pour Personne vivant avec un Handicap". In 2014, he was a trainer at a CONFEJES event in Yaoundé organized by the Ministry of Sports and Physical Education and the Cameroonian Paralympic Committee. Twenty sports administrators from four Central African countries participated in the conference.[32]

Translations

  1. ↑ The name of the rganization in French is, Federation Camerounaise Des Sports Pour Deficients Intellectuals(Fecasdi).
  2. ↑ The name of the organization in French is, Institut National de la Jeunesse et des Sports.
  3. ↑ The name of the organization in French is, comité d'éthique du Comité national olympique et sportif du Cameroun (Cnosc).
  4. ↑ The name of the organization in French is, Fédération camerounaise de Football (Fécafoot).
  5. ↑ The name of the organization in French is, Club paralympique camerounai.
  6. ↑ The name of the competition in French is, Jeux de l'Avenir des personnes handicapées d'Afrique francophone (JAPHAF).

References

  1. ↑ "Cameroun: Un nouveau gouvernement constitué de cadres de très haut niveau". Equatorial Guinea News (in French). August 12, 2004. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ Ntiga, Léger (2004). "Violences post-électorales: Qui a attisé la haine tribale à Lomié ?". Cameroon-Info.Net (in French). Mutations. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ Channon, Jean F. (2004). "Affaire de l'expulsion des Bamoun de Lomié - Lomié Gérard (Député): "Il faut respecter le choix des autres…"". Cameroon-Info.Net (in French). Le Messager. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ ONOHIOLO, Souley. "Gendarmerie nationale: Passe d'armes entre Mebe Ngo'o Edgar A. et Jean Baptiste Bokam". kongossa.fr. Le Messager. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Itinéraire: Sur les traces des anciens ministres de Paul Biya à l'EST". Africa Presse (in French). September 25, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  6. ↑ Anye, Charles (March 21, 2013). "30 Senators appointed by the Head of State". Bamenda Online. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ Tongue, Rodrigue N. (2013). "30 Sénateurs. Le politiquement incorrect des nominations de Biya". Cameroon Voice. Le Messager. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  8. 1 2 Hyacinthe Owona, Guy (August 2, 2011). "Cameroun: Japhaf - Le pays se distingue". All Africa (in French). Mutation Media. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Cameroun, Sports pour déficients intellectuels : Les finales nationales ont eu à Yaoundé. :: CAMEROON -". Camer.be (in French). November 9, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  10. ↑ Biwol, Ateba (July 23, 2009). "Comité international paralympique : Le Cameroun menacé de radiation". Cameroon Voice (in French). Cameroon Voice. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  11. 1 2 Jisi, Kila (2014). "INAS Decry African Intellectually Disable Athletes Absence At Paralympic Games | lions4life.com". Lion 4 Life. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  12. 1 2 Biem Tong, Michel (2011). "Sport-Jeux de l'avenir pour handicapés 2011 :Les financements toujours attendus". Poalah.net (in French). Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  13. 1 2 "guide de formation en activités physiques adaptées" (PDF). CONFEJES (in French). Dakar, Sénégal: CONFEJES. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Cameroun : quatre nouvelles fédérations de sport pour personnes handicapées-Le Quotidien du Peuple en ligne". People's Daily (in French). People's Daily. June 21, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  15. ↑ Cameroonian Federation of Sports the Intellectually Disabled (2014). "INAS AFRICA CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOPS" (PDF). INAS. Cameroonian Federation of Sports the Intellectually Disabled. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  16. ↑ Ajsc-centre (February 26, 2014). "Athlétisme - Départ des athlètes camerounais en France pour disputer les championnats d'athlétisme". Mboa.info (in French). Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Championnats du Monde d'Athlétisme Indoor 2014" (PDF). FFSA (in French). FFSA. 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Cameroun, urgent: Refus de visa aux athlètes camerounais de la Fecasdi :: CAMEROON". Camer-sport.be (in French). February 28, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  19. ↑ FECASDI (2016). "2016 AFRICAN OPEN INTERNATIONAL FUTSAL TOURNAMENT-CAMEROON, YAOUNDÉ" (PDF). Fédération Camerounaise des Sports pour Déficients intellectuels. Fédération Camerounaise des Sports pour Déficients intellectuels. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Sport pour tous - Special olympics : L'insertion par le sport des personnes déficientes". Mboa.info (in French). October 1, 2008. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Special Olympics Africa lancé au Cameroun". Panapress (in French). June 21, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2016. (registration required (help)).
  22. ↑ Onana, Marie-Noëlle (February 22, 2016). "Le Cnosc crée un nouveau comite d’ethique". Journal Du Cameroun (in French). Retrieved October 12, 2016. C1 control character in |title= at position 34 (help)
  23. ↑ Tchuente, Laure Ngatsing (June 21, 2007). "Football - Encadrement : Les déficients mentaux à l'école du football". Camlions.com (in French). Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  24. ↑ Matea, Louis (June 28, 2007). "Cameroun: Foot - Des malades mentaux descendent sur la pelouse". Cameroon Tribune (in French). Retrieved October 13, 2016 – via All Africa.
  25. ↑ "Sport pour tous - Jeux paralympiques 2008 : Le Cameroun absent pour désordre". Mboa.info (in French). Mboa.info. September 11, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  26. ↑ "Sport pour tous - Special Olympics: Garoua Tops Medal Chart". Mboa.info (in French). October 3, 2008. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  27. ↑ Takaw, Effa (August 8, 2008). "Cameroon Wins CEMAC Basketball Trophy". Up Station Mountain Club. Up Station Mountain Club. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  28. ↑ Linge, Idriss (March 21, 2012). "Jeux paralympiques: Préparation difficile pour les atlètes camerounais". Journal Du Cameroun (in French). Journal Du Cameroun. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  29. ↑ "Athlétisme - Jeux paralympiques 2008 : Doutes sur la participation camerounaise". Mboa.info (in French). Mboa.info. August 5, 2008. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  30. ↑ dbatomen (2008). "Defaut de materiels : Le Minsep reporte les Jeux de l’Avenir | Cameroun online". Cameroun online (in French). Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  31. ↑ Ngatsing Tchuente, Laure (July 14, 2008). "Afrique Centrale: Le Minsep reporte les Jeux de l'Avenir" (in French). All Africa. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  32. ↑ "Formation des formateurs du sport pour les personnes vivant avec un handicap - Confejes". Confejes (in French). July 17, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
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