Paul Biya is a Cameroonian politician who has served as the second president of Cameroon since 1982,having previously been the fifth prime minister of Cameroon from 1975 to 1982. As of 2024,he is the second-longest-ruling president in Africa and the longest consecutively serving current non-royal national leader in the world and the oldest head of state in the world.
The Cameroon People's Democratic Movement is the ruling political party in Cameroon. Previously known as the Cameroonian National Union,which had dominated Cameroon politics since independence in the 1960s,it was renamed in 1985. The national president of the CPDM is Paul Biya,the president of Cameroon,while the secretary-general of the party's Central Committee is Jean Nkuete.
The Social Democratic Front is the main opposition party of Cameroon. It was led by Ni John Fru Ndi from its foundation until his death in 2023,and receives significant support from the Anglophone Southwest and Northwest Regions.
Ni John Fru Ndi was a Cameroonian politician who served as first and founding Chairman of the Social Democratic Front (SDF),the main opposition party in Cameroon,from party foundation in 1990 to his death in 2023. He failed to be elected as a senator in 2013.
Simon Achidi Achu was a Cameroonian politician who served as the prime minister of Cameroon from 1992 to 1996. Previously he was Minister of Justice from 1972 to 1975. A leading member of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM),Achidi Achu was appointed Chairman of the National Investment Corporation in 2003,and he was elected to the Senate of Cameroon in 2013.
Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 22 July 2007,with voting in some districts re-run on 30 September. Local elections were held on the same day,with seats on 363 town councils at stake. The result was a victory for the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC),which won 153 of the 180 seats in the National Assembly,whilst the main opposition party,the Social Democratic Front (SDF),won 16 seats.
The Progressive Movement is a minor opposition political party in Cameroon. It was formed on 23 August 1991 and is led by Jean-Jacques Ekindi.
The National Union for Democracy and Progress is a political party in Cameroon,drawing its main support from the north of the country. It was established as an opposition party in the early 1990s and won the second largest number of seats in the 1992 parliamentary election. The UNDP's National President is Maigari Bello Bouba,who is currently a Minister of State in the government.
The 2008 Cameroon protests were a series of violent demonstrations in Cameroon's biggest cities that took place from 25 to 29 February 2008. The protests followed on the heels of a strike by transport workers,who were opposing high fuel prices and poor working conditions. Further political turmoil had been caused by President Paul Biya's announcement that he wanted the constitution to be amended to remove term limits;without such an amendment,he would have to leave office at the end of his term in 2011. Large groups of youths,whom the opposition Social Democratic Front (SDF) political party and the government blame one another for organising,took to the streets of Douala,Yaoundé,Bamenda,and other major cities,looting and vandalising property. The government sent in troops to crack down on the unrest,and protesters and troops alike were killed. The official government tally is that 40 people were killed,but human rights groups claim that the total is closer to 100. Government figures place damage to property at tens of billions of francs CFA.
Jean-Jacques Ekindi is a Cameroonian politician. He has been the National President of the Progressive Movement,an opposition political party,since its foundation in 1991,and he was a Deputy in the National Assembly of Cameroon from 2007 to 2013.
Christopher Fomunyoh is the Senior Associate for Africa and Regional Director at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs.
Issa Tchiroma Bakary is a Cameroonian politician who served in the government of Cameroon as Minister of Transport from 1992 to 1996 and has been Minister of Communication since 2009. He is the President of the Front for the National Salvation of Cameroon,a minor political party.
Grégoire Owona is a Cameroonian politician who has served in the government of Cameroon as Minister of Labor and Social Security since December 2011. He previously served as Minister-Delegate at the Presidency for Relations with the Assemblies from 1997 to 2011,and he has also been Deputy Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC) since 1992.
Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 30 September 2013,alongside local elections. They were originally scheduled for July 2012,February 2013 and July 2013,but were repeatedly postponed.
Edith Kahbang Walla,popularly known as Kah Walla,is a Cameroonian politician,entrepreneur and social activist. She went into politics in 2007 with the Social Democratic Front (SDF),the then main Cameroonian opposition party and was then elected into the municipal council of Douala I. In 2010,she resigned from SDF following a divergence over strategy and declared her intention to run for the 2011 presidential election on October 23,2010. On April 30,2011,she was elected as the president of the Cameroon People's Party (CPP) and party candidate for 2011 presidential election.
Wirba Joseph Mbiydzenyuy,is a Cameroonian politician,humanitarian and social activist.
Presidential elections were held in Cameroon on 7 October 2018.
John Fru Ndi,the leader of the Cameroonian Social Democratic Front was kidnapped twice during the Anglophone Crisis. The first incident was a brief and bloodless,with Fru Ndi being held by Ambazonian separatist fighters for a few hours and then released the same day. The second kidnapping was more dramatic,with gunmen breaking into his home,shooting his bodyguard in the leg and subjecting Fru Ndi to a rough treatment.
The Major National Dialogue is the official name of a dialogue between the Government of Cameroon and various opposition parties,aimed at resolving the Anglophone Crisis. The event took place between September 30 and October 4,2019.
Forbi Simon Nchinda is a Cameroonian politician and member of the parliament representing Bamenda and Bali Constituency. In 2018,he ran for the presidential nomination of Social Democratic Front (SDf) and polled 134 votes but lost to Joshua Osih who won 1021 of the delegate votes in the party's primary held on 24 February 2018.
