 Although he was a key opposition leader for much of the 1990s, he has participated in the government since December 1997; he was Minister of State for Industrial and Commercial Development from 1997 to 2004, Minister of State for Post and Telecommunications from 2004 to 2009, and Minister of State for Transport from 2009 to 2009.Since December 2011, he has been Minister of State for Tourism and Leisure.Bello Bouba was born in Baschéo, in Benoué Department in the North Province of Cameroon.