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Line 8: ==Government service== Ndam Njoya was briefly Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1969 to 1970. He joined the law faculty at the [[University of Yaoundé]] in 1970.<ref name=Gov/> ~~(a post he still retains{{Citation needed\|date=November 2007}}).~~ Ndam Njoya then worked for the [[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]] in Cameroon as director of the diplomatic training program from 1970 to 1972,<ref name=Gov/> and he helped to create the [[International Relations Institute of Cameroon]] (IRIC); he was the IRIC's first director<ref name=Bio/> from 1972 to 1975.<ref name=Gov/><ref name=Heure>[https://archive.today/20130221064954/http://www.cameroon-info.net/cmi_show_news.php?id=15170 "L’heure de Ndam Njoya"], ''Le Messager'', 16 September 2004 {{in lang\|fr}}.</ref> He became a member of the Economic and Social Council of Cameroon in 1974, and he was then appointed as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government named on 30 June 1975.<ref name=Gov/> In December 1977, Ndam Njoya was appointed as Minister of National Education.<!--source used here gives two different dates, one in 1977 and one in 1978--><ref name=Gov/> His attempts to introduce stringency and morality into the educational system met with resistance, especially from the wealthy [[Francophone Cameroonian\|Francophone]] families who were used to financial incentives determining the success of their children at primary and post-primary institutions. In July 1980, under such pressure, President [[Ahmadou Ahidjo]] removed him as Minister of National Education and instead appointed him as Minister Delegate at the Presidency for General Inspection of State and Administrative Reforms, a relatively powerless post.<ref>"Cabinet Reshuffle in Cameroon" ''Radio Yaounde: BBC Summary of World Broadcasts'' (19 July 1980) British Broadcasting Corporation.</ref> In January 1982, Ahidjo dismissed him from the government.<ref>Xavier Deutchoua, "Njoya : Un serpent pour deux", ''Mutations'', 28 July 2003 {{in lang\|fr}}. {{cite web\|url=http://www.cameroun21.com/fr/news.php?nid=3477 \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=2007-11-30 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050224215005/http://www.cameroun21.com/fr/news.php?nid=3477 \|archivedate=24 February 2005 }}</ref>

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