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Cameroonian President Paul Biya secured approval from lawmakers on Tuesday to delay parliamentary and local elections until 2026, a move opposition parties fear could make it harder for them to ...
Paul Biya, aged 92, incumbent president and candidate for the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement. [ 5 ] Maurice Kamto , aged 71, is a retired academic and lawyer, representing the Movement for the Renaissance of Cameroon (MRC).
Franck Biya has been speculated as a potential successor to his father Paul Biya who has been serving as the President since 1982. [3] [4]During the 2011 presidential election where Paul was running for re-election, Franck was found to be campaigning to his father. [5]
Because Biya is a Catholic from the southern region of Cameroon, it was considered surprising that he was chosen by Ahidjo, a Muslim from the north, as his successor. Biya's [ 13 ] father, who was a catechist, wanted him to join the clergy, but at the age of 16, while in Catholic school, he was expelled.
At 85, Biya is the oldest leader in sub-Saharan Africa and the victory cements his place as one of Africa's longest-serving rulers. Biya won 71 percent of the vote on a turnout of 54 percent ...
Under President Paul Biya, he was Second Assistant Secretary-General of the Presidency from 2004 to 2009 and Minister for Special Duties from 2009 to 2011. Sadi also served as Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC), the ruling political party in Cameroon, from 2007 to 2011.
15 January – A Cameroonian peacekeeper in MINUSCA is killed and five others are injured in an explosion in Mbindale, Lim-Pendé, Central African Republic. [1]4 July – Brenda Biya [fr], the daughter of President Paul Biya, publicly announces her same-sex relationship using an image kissing another woman, despite same-sex relationships being illegal in Cameroon and punishable by fines and ...
Worthy of note is the fact that Cameroon is the only country in which two Constitutions are applicable side by side. For example, the 1972 Constitution designates the Prime Minister as constitutional successor of the Head of State in case of incapacity, death, resignation or unaccountable absence of the incumbent.