Martin Chungong is the eighth Secretary General of the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU). He joined the IPU in 1993. He was appointed Director of the Democracy Promotion Division (2005-2011), then Director of the Programs Division (2011-2014). Of Cameroonian nationality, he is both the first African and the first non-European elected to the post of IPU Secretary General, which he has held since July 1, 2014. He is one of the 29 world leaders appointed by the IPU former Secretary of the United Nations (Ban Ki-moon) to guide the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement (SUN) efforts to end malnutrition in all its forms.

Martin Chungong obtained a bachelor’s degree from the University of Yaoundé, then continued his studies at the University of Ottawa, where he obtained a doctorate in applied linguistics in 1982. He also holds a postgraduate degree from the London Polytechnic (now University of Westminster).