Cameroon’s 2018 Presidential
Elections
The uniqueness of this year’s
presidential poll in Cameroon lies in the fact that there is a reduced number
of candidates to take part in the elections and the insecurity heightened by
the two year old Anglophone Crisis, the Boko Haram insurgences in the Northern
Regions and the crisis in the Central African Republic and the resultant influx
of refugees in the East Region.
The
Presidential Candidates
The incumbent Paul Biya will on Sunday
October 7 be facing a number of political upstarts and an opposition which has
failed despite several attempts to present a united front to challenge his
candidacy.
Hon. Joshua Osih was chosen on February
24 as Presidential Candidate of the main opposition party, the Social
Democratic Front, to replace Ni John Fru Ndi who over the years has been the
strongest candidate to face Biya. The strong position of the SDF and the iconic
image of Ni John Fru Ndi who remains National Chairman of the party is expected
to give an added boost to the already comparatively popular Joshua Osih who has
pulled impressive crowds throughout his campaigns.
Barrister Akere Muna comes into the
show with a very rich and respected background on the international scene and a
poise that very few of the others can boast of. A host of others include Libii
Li Ngue Cabral, Matomba Serge Espoir, Kamto Maurice and Franklin Ndifor Afangwi
will also be participating in the elective exercise for the very first time.
Paul Barthélemy Biya’a bi Mvondo
The incumbent Paul Biya, who hails from
the South Region was born on the 13th of February 1933, in
Mvomeka’a.
He studied at the Lycée General Leclerc in Yaounde and at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris
and eventually went to the Institut
des hautes études d’Outre-Mer where he graduated in 1961 with a Higher
Education Diploma in Public Law.
Paul Biya became a bureaucrat in his
late 20’s under President Ahmadou Ahidjo.
He was Chargé de Mission at the Presidency of the Republic upon his return
from Paris in October 1962. He was named Director of Cabinet of the Minister of
National Education, Youth Affairs and Culture in July 1965 and later Director
of the Civil Cabinet of the President in December 1967.
Biya was appointed Secretary-General of
the Presidency of the Republic in January 1968 while still serving as Director
of the Civil Cabinet.
He gained the rank of Minister in
August 1968 and the rank of Minister of State in June 1970, while still serving
as Secretary General at the Presidency of the Republic.
After
the creation of a unitary state in 1972, he became Prime Minister of Cameroon
on the 30th of June 1975.
When President Ahmadu Ahidjo
unexpectedly announced his resignation on 4 November 1982, Biya accordingly
succeeded him as President of Cameroon on the 6th of November.
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