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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 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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  • 4.50

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Paul Biya ranks 1,502 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Paul Biya ranks 23Before 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.

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In Cameroon

Among people born in Cameroon, Paul Biya ranks 1 out of 132After 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).

Among POLITICIANS In Cameroon

Among politicians born in Cameroon, Paul Biya ranks 1After him are Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924), Issa Hayatou (1946), Philémon Yang (1947), Joseph Ngute (1954), Ferdinand Oyono (1929), and Ephraïm Inoni (1947).

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