Cameroon president, Paul Biya on Friday announced that he has plans to run for a 7th consecutive term in office in the October election.He was named prime minister in 1975, and took over from Cameroon’s founding president Amadou Ahidjo, who was ailing, in November 1982, before he was first elected in 1984.
Biya, 85, who has been head of state in the West African country for 35 years, wrote on his Twitter account: “I will be your candidate in the next presidential election.”
In the tweet confirming his re-election bid, Biya said he had decided to “respond positively to your overwhelming calls” to stand in the October 7 elections, bidding for a seventh consecutive term.
“I will be your candidate,” he said, adding that he was “aware of the challenges that we must face together for a Cameroon that is even more united, stable and prosperous”.
The central African country has faced divisions since independence in 1960, and Biya’s party, the Cameroonian People’s Democratic Movement (RDPC), sees itself as a unifying force.
Born on February 13, 1933, in a village 220 kilometers (140 miles) south of the capital Yaounde, Biya studied law in France.
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Biya, 85, who has been head of state in the West African country for 35 years, wrote on his Twitter account: “I will be your candidate in the next presidential election.”
In the tweet confirming his re-election bid, Biya said he had decided to “respond positively to your overwhelming calls” to stand in the October 7 elections, bidding for a seventh consecutive term.
“I will be your candidate,” he said, adding that he was “aware of the challenges that we must face together for a Cameroon that is even more united, stable and prosperous”.
The central African country has faced divisions since independence in 1960, and Biya’s party, the Cameroonian People’s Democratic Movement (RDPC), sees itself as a unifying force.
Born on February 13, 1933, in a village 220 kilometers (140 miles) south of the capital Yaounde, Biya studied law in France.
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