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Paul Biya

1933 - Today

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Paul Biya (born Paul Barthélemy Biya'a bi Mvondo; 13 February 1933) 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 (after Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in Equatorial Guinea) and 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 2,414,373 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Paul Biya is the 1,605th most popular politician (down from 1,498th 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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  • 4.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Paul Biya ranks 1,605 out of 19,576. Before him are Baasha of Israel, Mentuhotep II, David Duke, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, William II, Prince of Orange, and Hans Fritzsche. After him are Albert II, Duke of Austria, Constantius III, Louis the Child, Hostilian, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, and Denis Sassou Nguesso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Paul Biya ranks 28. Before him are Mako, Elinor Ostrom, Francisco Gento, Arno Allan Penzias, Jayne Mansfield, and Krzysztof Penderecki. After him are Paul J. Crutzen, Abolhassan Banisadr, Bernardo Provenzano, Kim Novak, Quincy Jones, and Costa-Gavras.

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In Cameroon

Among people born in Cameroon, Paul Biya ranks 1 out of 156. After him are Roger Milla (1952), Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696), Samuel Eto'o (1981), Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924), 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, Paul Biya ranks 1. After him are Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924), Issa Hayatou (1946), Joseph Ngute (1954), Philémon Yang (1947), Ephraïm Inoni (1947), and Ferdinand Oyono (1929).

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