1933 - Today
Paul Biya (born Paul Barthélemy Biya'a bi Mvondo; 13 February 1933) is a Cameroonian politician who is the second president of Cameroon since 6 November 1982, having previously been the prime minister of Cameroon from 1975 to 1982. He is the second-longest-ruling president in Africa, the longest consecutively serving current non-royal national leader in the world and the oldest head of state in the world. A native of Cameroon's south, Biya rose rapidly as a bureaucrat under President Ahmadou Ahidjo in the 1960s, as Secretary-General of the Presidency from 1968 to 1975 and then as Prime Minister. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Biya has received more than 2,182,637 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Paul Biya is the 1,502nd most popular politician (up from 2,096th in 2019), the most popular biography from Cameroon and the most popular Cameroonian Politician.
Paul Biya is most famous for being the president of Cameroon since 1982. He has been accused of corruption and human rights violations.
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Among politicians, Paul Biya ranks 1,502 out of 15,577. Before him are Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Stjepan Mesić, Theodoric I, Athaulf, Carlos I of Portugal, and Gallienus. After him are David IV of Georgia, Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours, Emperor Yang of Sui, Oswald Mosley, Jehoiakim, and Jingtai Emperor.
1743 - 1808
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 1,496
1934 - Present
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 1,497
393 - 451
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 1,498
374 - 415
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 1,499
1863 - 1908
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 1,500
218 - 268
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,501
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,502
1073 - 1125
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,503
1479 - 1516
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,504
569 - 617
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,505
1896 - 1980
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,506
634 BC - 598 BC
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 1,507
1428 - 1457
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 1,508
Among people born in 1933, Paul Biya ranks 23. Before him are Tinto Brass, Philip Roth, Jalal Talabani, Susan Sontag, Just Fontaine, and Lina Medina. After him are Krzysztof Penderecki, Heinrich Rohrer, Costa-Gavras, Elinor Ostrom, Arno Allan Penzias, and Wilbur Smith.
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 17
1933 - 2018
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 18
1933 - 2017
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 19
1933 - 2004
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 20
1933 - 2023
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 21
1933 - Present
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 22
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 23
1933 - 2020
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 24
1933 - 2013
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 25
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 26
1933 - 2012
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 27
1933 - 2024
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 28
1933 - 2021
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 29
Among people born in Cameroon, Paul Biya ranks 1 out of 132. After him are Roger Milla (1952), Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696), Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924), Samuel Eto'o (1981), Manu Dibango (1933), Issa Hayatou (1946), Thomas N'Kono (1956), Patrick M'Boma (1970), Christian Tumi (1930), Marc-Vivien Foé (1975), and Samuel Umtiti (1993).
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 2
1696 - 1781
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 3
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 4
1981 - Present
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 5
1933 - 2020
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 6
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 7
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 8
1970 - Present
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 9
1930 - 2021
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 10
1975 - 2003
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 11
1993 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Cameroon, Paul Biya ranks 1. After him are Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924), Issa Hayatou (1946), Philémon Yang (1947), Joseph Ngute (1954), Ferdinand Oyono (1929), and Ephraïm Inoni (1947).
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 2
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 3
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 4
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 5
1929 - 2010
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 6
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 7