This is a list of presidents of Cameroon since the country gained independence from France …
Since the early 1990s, he has faced his strongest opposition from the Although Biya made some efforts to open up the political environment, his regime still retains clear "Tyrants, the World's 20 Worst Living Dictators", by In 2016, Cameroonians in the nation's capital city of Yaoundé criticized Biya's reaction to the country's worst train crash in which 79 people died. Paul Biya est donc réélu le Au pouvoir depuis plus de 37 ans, Paul Biya fait partie des chefs d'État à la longévité la plus importanteCependant, ses partisans notent des progrès avec son arrivée au pouvoir (Les incarcérations de journalistes, écrivains, syndicalistes et activistes sont fréquentesLa lutte contre la corruption a fait l'objet d'initiatives sous la présidence de Paul BiyaLes forces de sécurité (police, armée, gendarmerie, service secret) sont privilégiées par le régime. The demonstrators were severely repressed with reports of a hundred dead and thousands of arrests.Biya won the 2018 presidential election with 71.3% of the vote.Biya is sometimes characterized as aloof, making relatively few public appearances. Ambassador to Cameroon – H.E. Thomas Deltombe, Manuel Domergue, Jacob Tatsita, Kamerun !, La Découverte, 2019John Mukum Mbaku, "Decolonization, Reunification and Federation in Cameroon", in "Cameroon's Supreme Court confirms Biya's re-election" David Wallechinsky, "Tyrants: the World's 20 Worst Living Dictators", Regan Press, 2006, pp. The president is elected on a seven-year term renewable for two terms, but the term limit was abolished by President Paul Biya as a limit to the choice of the people.
International criticism has been levied at the United States for their lack of response to the growing Cameroonian crisis.In April 2017, a Cameroonian journalist working for On 7 November 2018, another Cameroonian journalist, Mimi Mefo, was arrested after reporting on social media that the Cameroonian military was behind the murder of an American missionary in the country, Charles Trumann, in October of that year. Criticism included government officials who remained anonymous, fearing a backlash.The Anglophone protests in late 2016 were led by English-speaking lawyers in protest against the use of French in Cameroonian courts, which led to violent clashes with police. In January 2017, the government ordered a suspension of Internet services in the Northwest and Southwest provinces.By June 2017, protests in Cameroon's English-speaking provinces and cities led to police responding with force, with 4 protesters killed and over 100 arrested. Opposition party leader Edna Njilin of the Cameroon People's Party spoke out against the enforced use of French in the classroom. Mefo was charged with "publishing and propagating information that infringes on the territorial integrity of the Republic of Cameroon," but was released and charges were dropped on 12 November after her arrest was condemned by both local and international media groups.In early 2017, videos and reports surfaced online showing a genocide was taking place in Southern Cameroon,Many allegations of indiscriminate killing, burning of villages, rape and humiliation of English-speaking citizens carried out by the BIR (Bataillon d'Intervention Rapide) have been made along with supporting video footage. Citant Paul Biya est désigné en 2011 par les chefs traditionnels du Sud, sa région natale, chez les « démocratisation, libération des détenus politiques, pluralisme des candidatures »« le président de la République du Cameroun n’est comptable que devant son peuple… Il n’a pas à répondre à ces accusations en France »« les absences répétées de Biya à Yaoundé, et ses séjours réguliers dans son village natal près de Sangmélima ne sont nullement perçus comme une défaillance du président »« l’homme le plus informé du pays grâce aux multiples bulletins quotidiens à lui adressés par les services de renseignement et des voies informelles »« le président aime laisser la spéculation à son compte. Speaking to the press at the end of their over one hour discussion, Peter Henry Barlerin said he and the Head of … He was the sole candidate in this election and won 99.98% of the vote.It shall adopt a structural adjustment plan submitted to it by the Biya initially took some steps to open up the regime, culminating in the decision to legalize opposition parties in 1990. A native of Cameroon's south, Biya rose rapidly as a bureaucrat under President Biya introduced political reforms within the context of a Biya's tenure as president began on 6 November 1982, making him the second-longest-ruling president in Africa (after Biya has maintained Cameroon's close relationship with France, one of Cameroon's former As an official in post-independence 1960s Cameroon, Biya rose to prominence under President In November 1983, Biya announced that the next presidential election would be held on 14 January 1984; it had been previously scheduled for 1985. Burkina Faso and Cameroon have … Individual sources testify that all of those sent to fight the secessionist militia are French speaking, thus widening the linguistic division between local residents. )Le pays connaît quelques changements positifs en termes de constructions et de grands chantiers, notamment dans les domaines routiers et énergétiquesLa révision constitutionnelle est votée par l'Assemblée nationale en 2008. Paul Biya, né Paul Barthélemy Biya'a bi Mvondo le 13 février 1933 à Mvomeka'a (arrondissement de Meyomessala, département du Dja-et-Lobo, Cameroun), est un homme d'État camerounais, président de la République du Cameroun depuis 1982. En juin 1970, Paul Biya est promu ministre d'État, secrétaire général de la présidence de la républiqueEn 1979, la loi n° 79/02 du 29 juin 1979 fait du premier ministre Paul Biya le successeur constitutionnel du président L'hypothèse d'une intervention du gouvernement français dans l'accession de Paul Biya à la présidence du Cameroun semble vraisemblableLe 24 mars 1985, Paul Biya, après d'habiles manœuvres, transforme l'Au début des années 1990, à la suite d'opérations de désobéissance civile, baptisées « Villes mortes », et d'émeutes, il accélère la mise en œuvre du La France est le premier investisseur étranger, devant les Etats-Unis. Il en profite dès lors pour trancher franchement…Il préfère laisser les hommes se tromper sur sa gestion »Patrick Awondo, Peter Geschiere, Graeme Reid, Alexandre Jaunait, Amélie Le Renard et Élisabeth Marteu, Thomas Deltombe, Manuel Domergue et Jacob Tatsita, « Cette opération a profondément divisé la classe politique.