Prof. Peter Agbor Tabi , Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic has died in a hospital in the French city of Neuilly .

The former Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research was currently admitted at the American Hospital of the French city for proper care, according to sources.

Born in February 1951 in Mamfe, South West Province, Prof Agbor Tabi, was Deputy Secretary General at the Presidency, Associate Professor who among others obtained a Ph.D in International Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA in 1982 and a Fulbright Scholar in Residence-Spellman College, Atlanta, GA, USA between September 1983 and May 1984.

Peter Agbor-Tabi held several positions in the administration including post of Deputy Director of the International Relations Institute of Cameroon (IRIC), Director of IRIC, Chancellor, University of Yaoundé, Rector, University of Yaoundé, Minister of Higher Education and Pro-Chancellor, University of Buea.

At the time of his death, he was Head of Department International Economics and the Board Chairman of the University of Yaoundé II. He was also a member of the Central Committee of the CPDM.He died at the age of 65 years.

The administration in Yaounde confirmed his death in a statement signed by Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic.