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Paul Biya

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Paul Biya
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Became President:November 6, 1982
Predecessor:Ahmadou Ahidjo
Date of Birth:February 13, 1933
Place of Birth:Mvomeka'a village, South province,
French Cameroons

Paul Biya (born February 13, 1933) is the president of Cameroon. He served under Ahmadou Ahidjo and became Prime Minister in 1975. He became president after Ahidjou's resignation in 1982, and has remained president since.

He has been criticized by some as being a strongman. He has also been strongly critisized by the anglophones the English speaking region of Cameroon and formerly under the British Colonial rule) for marginalizatio and oppression. His strongest oposition is from this region of Cameroon

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