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Ahmadou Ahidjo

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ahmadou Ahidjo , 1924-89, president of Cameroon (1960-82). A Muslim Fulani chief's son, he served with the French during World War II. Entering politics in the French Cameroons, he became vice premier (1957) and premier (1958) of the territory. With the Cameroon Republic's independence (1960), he was elected its first president. He also became president of the Mouvement d'Union Camerounaise, which favored continued strong ties with France. He persuaded the British-administered Southern Cameroons to unite (1961) with the Cameroon Republic in the Federal Republic of Cameroon. He was reelected president... Read more
Ahmadou Ahidjo
...Cameroun. In 1982, after managing to build up a stable, relatively prosperous nation (through single-party rule), he went into exile after being implicated in a plot against his successor, Paul Biya. Ahmadou Ahidjo Ahmadou Ahidjo Ahmadou Ahidjo Read more
Ahmadou Ahidjo
Ahmadou Ahidjo Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924-1989) was the president of the Federal Republic of Cameroon...most influential leaders of the French-speaking African states. Ahmadou Ahidjo was born in August 1924, in Garoua, an inland river port on the... Read more

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