Paul Biya
Paul Biya
Paul Biyais 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 Minister of Cameroon from 1975 to 1982. He succeeded Ahidjo as President upon the latter's surprise resignation in 1982 and consolidated power in a 1983–1984 power struggle with his predecessor...
NationalityCameroonian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 February 1933
CityMvomeka'a, Cameroon
CountryCameroon
I want to believe that those who have been appointed to accomplish this mission will be totally committed, devoting all their skills and determination to their work. I urge you to lend them your support so that, together, we can build that bright future worthy of our country.
We now need to look beyond our immediate future and aim higher and farther.
Slowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective.