Laurent Esso (born August 10, 1942[1]) is a Cameroonian politician who is currently serving in Joseph Ngute's government.

Subsequently, Esso was Secretary-General of the Presidency, with the rank of Minister of State, from September 2006 to December 2011.

Esso remained Director of the Civil Cabinet for seven years; he was then appointed Minister of Justice in the government named on September 19, 1996.

[3] According to one analysis, Esso had "a reputation for technocratic competence and integrity" that distinguished him in the Biya regime.

[11][12] On February 14, 2023, the government commissioner of the military tribunal requested an additional investigation from the State Secretariat for Defense (SED), in the case of Martinez Zogo, a journalist kidnapped on January 17, 2023 and whose lifeless body was found five days later, on the outskirts of Yaoundé.