Dominique Awono Essama is a Cameroonian diplomat who has been Cameroon's Ambassador to Italy since 2008. Awono Essama graduated from the International Relations Institute of Cameroon (IRIC) and held a post at Cameroon's Embassy to the Netherlands before being moved to a post at the Embassy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was Head of State Protocol for ten years before President Paul Biya appointed him as Ambassador to Italy to replace Michael Kima Tabong on 9 June 2008. He presented his credentials to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on 21 January 2009. Awono Essama was additionally accredited as Permanent Representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), based in Rome, on 21 November 2009.
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- Jeune Afrique économie, Issues 284–290 (1999), page 121 (in French).
- Jean Francis Belibi, "Diplomatie : De nouveaux ambassadeurs à Rome et à Alger" Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, Mutations, 10 June 2008 (in French).
- "Dominique Awono Essama prend ses fonctions à Rome" Archived 2009-02-19 at the Wayback Machine, Cameroon Tribune, 9 February 2009 (in French).
- List of permanent representatives to the FAO by seniority Archived 2007-06-09 at the Wayback Machine, FAO website.
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