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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 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. As of 2025, he is the second-longest-ruling president in Africa (after Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in Equatorial Guinea), the second 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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Biya is the 1,592nd most popular politician (up from 1,605th 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

Among politicians, Paul Biya ranks 1,592 out of 19,576. Before him are Quintillus, Chlodio, Michael I Rangabe, Camille Desmoulins, Nero Julius Caesar, and Emil Hácha. After him are Maria of Yugoslavia, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Juba II, Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, Emperor Ninkō, and Harald III of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Paul Biya ranks 24. Before him are H. D. Deve Gowda, Just Fontaine, Nina Simone, Arno Allan Penzias, Susan Sontag, and Amartya Sen. After him are Paul J. Crutzen, Philip Roth, Elinor Ostrom, Krzysztof Penderecki, Corazon Aquino, and Mako.

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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), Philémon Yang (1947), Thomas N'Kono (1956), André Onana (1996), Patrick M'Boma (1970), and Marc-Vivien Foé (1975).

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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), Philémon Yang (1947), Joseph Ngute (1954), Ephraïm Inoni (1947), and Ferdinand Oyono (1929).

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