The Director of the Civil Cabinet at the presidency of the republic of Cameroon Martin Belinga Eboutou has announced the death of Mrs Mboutchouang nee Ndongo Mengolo Rossette-Marie mother of Cameroon's first lady Chantal Biya.

Mboutchouang Rossette-Marie who also moonlighted as the Mayor of Bangou in the West Region of Cameroon is reported to have passed on in South Africa at the age of 60.