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Ephraïm Inoni (born 16 August 1947) [1] [2] is a Cameroonian politician who was Prime Minister of Cameroon from 2004 to 2009. He was a long-time aide of President Paul Biya and is a member of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC). [3] He was appointed to the position of Prime Minister by Biya on December 8, 2004 [4] and was ...
The President of Cameroon is elected by first-past-the-post voting; the candidate with the most votes is declared the winner with no requirement to achieve a majority. [3] Registration for voting ended on 31 August 2024, with more than seven million people estimated to have signed up.
Federal Republic of Cameroon (1961–1972) (1) Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924–1989) — 1 October 1961 2 June 1972 10 years, 245 days UC (until 1966) East Cameroon 1965: Assalé Ahanda Tchoungui (1) UNC: West Cameroon 1970: Foncha Jua Muna: United Republic of Cameroon (1972–1984) (1) Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924–1989) — 2 June 1972 6 November 1982 ...
Lawmakers in Biya's Cameroon People's Democratic Movement have a majority in the National Assembly and voted in favour of the bill to extend their mandate by a year to March 2026.
Chantal Biya was born in Dimako, East Province, Cameroon. [1] Her father was French expatriate Georges Vigouroux. Her mother, Rosette Ndongo Mengolo, was a Miss Doumé pageant winner.
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 ...
On 15 June 2018, the BBC obtained a copy of a letter from Paul Biya to the leader of Cameroon's Senate, appearing to request that the elections be postponed until October 2019. [7] [8] In July, President Biya announced that the election would be held on October 7, 2018. [9]
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, were among mourners at the cathedral in Arras, the northern French town where Bernard taught at the Gambetta-Carnot school. White flowers ...