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Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 10 April 1960. They were the first elections held in accordance with the new constitution, approved in a referendum in February, which created a unicameral federal National Assembly. The result was a slim victory for the Cameroonian Union, [1] forcing it to govern in coalition. However, the ...
A constitutional referendum was held in Cameroon on 21 February 1960. The new constitution would make the country a federal presidential republic with a unicameral federal parliament. [1] It was passed by 60% of voters with a 75.5% turnout.
In May 1960, his KNC merged with the KPP to form the Cameroon People's National Convention (CPNC) to be the main opposition party to Foncha's KNDP. Political opinion was strongly in favour of reunification with French Cameroun , and the United Nations held a plebiscite over the issue on 11 February 1961.
Elections in Cameroon occur in a system of electoral autocracy, as the ruling party (which has been in power since independence in 1960) manipulates elections and represses political opposition. [1] [2] [3] Cameroon elects on a national level, a head of state – the president – and a legislature.
Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo (24 August 1924 – 30 November 1989) [1] was a Cameroonian politician who was the first president of Cameroon from 1960 until 1982. [2] [3] He was previously the first prime minister of Cameroon from the country's independence in January 1960 until May of that same year following the creation of the presidency.
Cameroon (formerly Cameroun) achieved independence on the first day of 1960 (unifying with part of the British Cameroons in 1961). Togo (formerly French Togoland) achieved independence on 27 April; Mali Federation became independent on 20 June, then split into Mali and Senegal on 20 August; Madagascar became independent on 26 June
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