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Ahmadou Ahidjo

1924 - 1989

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Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo (24 August 1924 – 30 November 1989) was a Cameroonian politician who was the first president of Cameroon from 1960 until 1982. He was previously the first prime minister of Cameroon from the country's independence in January 1960 until May of that same year following the creation of the presidency. Ahidjo played a major role in the establishment of Cameroon as a Neo-imperial state after the assassination of The Union Des Populations Camerounaise (UPC) by imperial France as well as integrating the French and English-speaking parts of the country. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmadou Ahidjo has received more than 522,603 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Ahmadou Ahidjo is the 4,302nd most popular politician (down from 3,442nd in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Cameroon (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Cameroonian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ahmadou Ahidjo ranks 4,302 out of 19,576. Before him are François Tombalbaye, Isabella, Queen of Armenia, Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy, Philippe Buonarroti, Alfonso V of León, and Adolph Joffe. After him are Robert Clive, Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria, Skirgaila, Emperor Senka, Ivan Serov, and Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Ahmadou Ahidjo ranks 62. Before him are Ante Marković, Vladimir Kryuchkov, Dorothy Malone, Guy Williams, Bulat Okudzhava, and John Backus. After him are Ephraim Kishon, Hermann Buhl, Madame Nhu, Georges Prêtre, Roberts Blossom, and Tomiichi Murayama. Among people deceased in 1989, Ahmadou Ahidjo ranks 51. Before him are Jerzy Kukuczka, Irving Berlin, Antonia Brico, John Payne, Gaetano Scirea, and Guy Williams. After him are Valentin Glushko, Charles J. Pedersen, Kazimierz Deyna, Rashid Behbudov, Carlos Arias Navarro, and Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz.

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In Cameroon

Among people born in Cameroon, Ahmadou Ahidjo ranks 5 out of 156. Before him are Paul Biya (1933), Roger Milla (1952), Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696), and Samuel Eto'o (1981). After him are Issa Hayatou (1946), Manu Dibango (1933), Thomas N'Kono (1956), André Onana (1996), Patrick M'Boma (1970), Marc-Vivien Foé (1975), and Achille Mbembe (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cameroon

Among politicians born in Cameroon, Ahmadou Ahidjo ranks 2. Before him are Paul Biya (1933). After him are Issa Hayatou (1946), Joseph Ngute (1954), Philémon Yang (1947), Ephraïm Inoni (1947), and Ferdinand Oyono (1929).

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