Paul Biya
| Paul Biya | |
|---|---|
Biya at the Metropolitan Museum o Airt (2009)
|
|
| Preses o Cameroon | |
| Assumed office 6 November 1982 |
|
| Prime Meenister | Bello Bouba Maigari Luc Ayang Sadou Hayatou Simon Achidi Achu Peter Mafany Musonge Ephraïm Inoni Philémon Yang |
| Precedit bi | Ahmadou Ahidjo |
| Prime Meenister o Cameroon | |
| In office 30 Juin 1975 – 6 November 1982 |
|
| Preses | Ahmadou Ahidjo |
| Precedit bi | Affice established |
| Succeedit bi | Bello Bouba Maigari |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 Februar 1933 Mvomeka'a, French Cameroons (nou Cameroon) |
| Poleetical pairty | Fowk's Democratic Movement |
| Spoose(s) | Jeanne-Irène Biya (Afore 1992) Chantal Vigouroux (1994–present) |
| Alma mater | French Naitional Schuil o Admeenistration Sciences Po |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Paul Biya (born Paul Barthélemy Biya'a bi Mvondo, 13 February 1933) is a Cameroonie politeecian who haes been the Preses o Cameroon syne 6 November 1982.[1][2] A native o Cameroon's sooth, Biya rose rapidly as a bureaucrat unner Preses Ahmadou Ahidjo in the 1960s, servin as Secretar-General o the Presidency frae 1968 tae 1975 an then as Prime Meenister o Cameroon frae 1975 tae 1982. He succeedit Ahidjo as Preses upon the latter's surprise resignation in 1982 an consolidatit pouer in a 1983–1984 pouer struggle wi his predecessor.
Biya introduced poleetical reforms within the context o a single-pairty seestem in the 1980s. Unner pressur, he acceptit the introduction o multipairty politics in the early 1990s. He narrowly wan the 1992 presidential election wi 40% o the plural, single-ballot vote an wis re-electit bi lairge margins in 1997, 2004, an 2011. Opposition politeecians an Wastren govrenments hae alleged votin irregularities an fraud on each o these occasions.
Biya has maintained Cameroon's close relationship wi Fraunce, Cameroon's umwhile colonial ruler.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
|
||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
|
