Akere Muna

Akere Muna
Cameroonian Lawyer and Member of the AU High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa
President of the International Anti-Corruption Conference
In office 16 October 2014 – October 2017
Preceded by	Barry O'Keefe
Sanctions Commissioner of the African Development Bank
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 February 2013
Preceded by	Position established
Vice Chair of Transparency International
In office 14 November 2005 – 19 October 2014
Chairperson of the African Peer Review Mechanism
In office 26 May 2013 – 29 January 2014
President of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union
In office 8 September 2008 – 10 November 2014
Preceded by	Wangari Maathai
President of the Pan African Lawyers Union
In office 5 July 2005 – 9 May 2014
Preceded by	Position established
President of the Cameroon Bar Association
In office 1997–2002
Preceded by	Position established
Personal details
Born	(1952-08-18) 18 August 1952 (age 71) Ngyen-Mbo, Cameroon
Spouse	Beverly Bird
Children	Lydia Muna and Kandi Muna
Alma mater	American University

Akere Tabeng Muna (born 18 August 1952) is a Cameroonian lawyer who is currently a member of the African Union High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, chaired by H.E. Thabo Mbeki, and Co-Chair of the Common African Position on Asset Recovery (CAPAR). He was formerly the Chairman of the International Anti-Corruption Conference Council ^[1] and Sanctions Commissioner of the African Development Bank Group. He has also served as the Vice-Chair of Transparency International and presided over the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) of the African Union, the Pan African Lawyers Union and the Cameroon Bar Association.

For most of his career, Barrister Muna denied having any political aspirations in Cameroon, and stated that his interest remains in his work as a lawyer and with civil society organizations. However, Jeune Afrique, a leading African weekly, described him as both a credible and the possible successor to President Paul Biya, given his prominence in Cameroon and his accomplishments on the international stage, especially in the areas of anti-corruption and good governance.^[2]