Ahmadou Ahidjo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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President of Cameroon
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Place of Birth: Garoua, North, Cameroon
About Ahmadou Ahidjo
- Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo (24 August 1924 – 30 November 1989) was a Cameroonian politician who was the first President of Cameroon, holding the office from 1960 until 1982.
- Ahidjo played a major role in Cameroon's independence from France as well as reuniting the French and English-speaking parts of the country.
- During Ahidjo's time in office, he established a centralized political system.
- Ahidjo established a single-party state under the Cameroon National Union in 1966.
- In 1972, Ahidjo abolished the federation in favor of a unitary state.
- Ahidjo resigned from the presidency in 1982, and Paul Biya assumed the presidency.
- This was an action which was surprising to Cameroonians.
- Accused of being behind a coup plot against Biya in 1984, Ahidjo was sentenced to death in absentia, but he died of natural causes.
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