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Paul Biya

Also known as Paul Biya Bi Mvondo, Paul Barthélemy Biya'a bi Mvondo

Cameroonian politician

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Paul Biya is a Cameroonian politician who has served as the country's president since 1982, making him one of Africa's longest-serving leaders. His presidency has been significant in Cameroonian politics and has drawn international attention due to various governance, human rights, and ongoing conflict issues within the country.

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Born: 1933
Works: 16

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Paul Biya in the United States
La paix et la défense nationale
Présentation de VIe plan quinquennal de développement économique, social et culturel 1986-1991 à l'Assemblée nationale
Bamenda 85
Un nouvel élan

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5 total works indexed

Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations
· 1958 · cited 70,821x
“Mini-mental state”
· 1975 · cited 68,290x
Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,824x
Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks
· 2003 · cited 45,756x
SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,538x

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Encyclopedic overview

Paul Barthélemy Biya (né Biya'a bi Mvondo, born 13 February 1933) is a Cameroonian politician who has been serving as the second president of Cameroon since 1982. He was previously the fifth prime minister under President Ahmadou Ahidjo from 1975 to 1982. Widely considered to be a dictator, Biya 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; at the age of 93, he is also the oldest current 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. He succeeded Ahidjo as president upon the latter's surprise resignation in 1982 and consolidated power after an attempted coup in 1984, eliminating his major rivals.

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