Heads of state of Cameroon
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Presidents of Cameroon
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)| Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Affiliation | Notes |
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| Republic of Cameroun Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the... |
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| 1 January 1960 to 5 May 1960 | Ahmadou Ahidjo Ahmadou Ahidjo Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo was the first President of Cameroon from 1960 until 1982.-Early life:Ahidjo was born in Garoua, a major river port along the Benue River in northern Cameroun, which was at the time a French mandate territory... , Head of State |
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| 5 May 1960 to 1 October 1961 | Ahmadou Ahidjo Ahmadou Ahidjo Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo was the first President of Cameroon from 1960 until 1982.-Early life:Ahidjo was born in Garoua, a major river port along the Benue River in northern Cameroun, which was at the time a French mandate territory... , President |
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| Federal Republic of Cameroon Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the... |
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| 1 October 1961 to 1966 | Ahmadou Ahidjo Ahmadou Ahidjo Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo was the first President of Cameroon from 1960 until 1982.-Early life:Ahidjo was born in Garoua, a major river port along the Benue River in northern Cameroun, which was at the time a French mandate territory... , President |
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| 1966 to 2 June 1972 | UNC | |||
| United Republic of Cameroon Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the... |
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| 2 June 1972 to 6 November 1982 | Ahmadou Ahidjo Ahmadou Ahidjo Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo was the first President of Cameroon from 1960 until 1982.-Early life:Ahidjo was born in Garoua, a major river port along the Benue River in northern Cameroun, which was at the time a French mandate territory... , President |
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| 6 November 1982 to 4 February 1984 | Paul Biya Paul Biya Paul Biya is a Cameroonian politician who has been the President of Cameroon since 6 November 1982. A native of Cameroon's south, Biya rose rapidly as a bureaucrat under President Ahmadou Ahidjo in the 1960s, serving as Secretary-General of the Presidency from 1968 to 1975 and then as Prime... , President |
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| Republic of Cameroon Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the... |
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| 4 February 1984 to 1985 | Paul Biya Paul Biya Paul Biya is a Cameroonian politician who has been the President of Cameroon since 6 November 1982. A native of Cameroon's south, Biya rose rapidly as a bureaucrat under President Ahmadou Ahidjo in the 1960s, serving as Secretary-General of the Presidency from 1968 to 1975 and then as Prime... , President |
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| 1985 to Present | RDPC | |||
Affiliations
| RDPC | Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais/Cameroonian |
| (People’s Democratic Rally) conservative, former UNC renamed RDPC 1985 | |
| SDF | Social-Democratic Front/Front Social-Démocratique social-democratic |
| KNDP | Kamerun National Democratic Party Kamerun National Democratic Party Kamerun National Democratic Party was a pro-independence political party active in Southern Cameroons during the period of British Mandate rule.-Pre-independence:The KNDP was formed in 1955 by John Ngu Foncha... British Cameroon-based, from 1966: part of UNC |
| UC | Union Camerounais |
| (Cameroon Union) French Cameroon-based, from 1966: part of UNC | |
| UNC | Union National du Camerounais |
| (Cameroonian National Union) from 1985: RDPC |
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