As a result, Biya won and once again continued as President.To improve his country’s economic situation, he set up deals with Chad, United States, and China. Although officials claim that Fru Ndi won, Biya declared himself the winner.The opposition parties, including Fru Ndi, boycotted the 1997 presidential elections alleging them to be fraudulent. After the sudden resignation of Ahidjo in 1982, Biya succeeded him as the next President.He conducted presidential elections in January 1984 and got re-elected as the President.Following two military coup attempts on Biya in August 1983 and April 1984, Ahidjo was arrested and put on trial for his involvement and sentenced to life imprisonment.He dissolved CNU and established a new party, Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM) in 1985, as its President.Under his presidential term, he took major steps to improve the economic condition of Cameroon; however, it started facing economic crisis in 1987, affecting the export of its natural resources, which continued till 1996.He was re-elected for a second term in the 1988 presidential elections. Thereafter, he became the President but after assuming power as the President, he changed the prevailing methods of governing the nation and administered authoritarian rule. Still, Caxton believes Walla could be a “key actor in the post-Biya era,” whenever that may be. Even though he was motivated by the Catholic missionaries of his village to become a priest as a child, he chose to educate himself in Paris and return back to join the civil services. Paul Biya, often dubbed as Cameroon’s ‘lion man’, is the President of Cameroon since 1982. The couple did not have any kids but she adopted Frank Biya, an offspring from Biya’s extra-marital affair.After Jeanne’s sudden death in July 1992, he re-married Chantal Biya, 38 years his junior, in April 1994. The octogenarian has been ruling the West African nation, after his predecessor, Ahmadou Ahidjo, announced his surprise resignation. All Rights Reserved | Many, called for Biya to prove he was still alive by receiving Ambassador Peter Barlerin, a known critic of Biya’s government. Seeing his excellent performance, his French tutor suggested him to become a priest, after which he was enrolled in Edea and Akono Junior Seminaries, at the age of 14.He moved to a high-class secondary school, Lycee General Leclerc, Yaoundé, where he studied Greek, Latin and philosophy, apart from other subjects.After completing high school, he went to the University of Paris to study law and political science. Cameroon president, 87, has this week hit back at his political opponents who have for months now being strategizing on how to claim his throne. Helen Massy-Beresford We are still in the dark about coronavirus – France proves that. Despite enjoying a decent trade with other nations, he has failed to improve the economic condition of Cameroon, mainly due to his inability to exercise the right power, proper management, and peaceful political change. Shutting schools for months would be 'as toxic as coronavirus' Americas. At one point, the US embassy in Yaounde had to go on one of its social media pages to rebuke rumors that the Unity Palace, Cameroon’s executive mansion had denied a request of the US ambassador to visit and confirms if Paul Biya was alive.Nicknamed the absentee president, Paul Biya who has ruled the Central African nation for 38 years now has swayed ambitions of his main opposition leader, Maurice Kamto of the Maurice Kamto has on several occasions urged the government to provide proof that Paul Biya is alive or watch him take over the leadership of the country. The president of the Republic of Ghana is the elected head of state and head of government of Ghana, as well as commander-in-chief of the Ghana Armed Forces.The current president of Ghana is Nana Akufo-Addo, who won the 2016 presidential election against the incumbent, John Dramani Mahama, by a margin of 9.45%.He was sworn into office on 7 January 2017. Cameroon’s National Assembly postponed its plenary session, originally scheduled for 12 March, to 16 March during which its president, Cavaye Yéguié Djibril, 80 years old and in office for 28 years, would have been either re-elected or replaced.