Cameroon's crafty autocrat Paul Biya’s 40 years in power
Cameroonian President Paul Biya and his wife Chantal Biya. The nearly 90-year-old autocrat has uninterruptedly ruled central Africa’s largest economy since being sworn in for the first time on November 6, 1982. PHOTO | KENZO TRIBOUILLARD | AFP
Cameroonian President Paul Biya, who is now the reigning world's oldest head of state following the death last September of Queen Elizabeth II, will clock 40 years in power on Sunday.
