President of Cameroon

List of Heads of State of Cameroon

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
1 January 1960 to 5 May 1960	Ahmadou Ahidjo, Head of State	UC
5 May 1960 to 1966	Ahmadou Ahidjo, President	UC
1966 to 6 November 1982	Ahmadou Ahidjo, President	UNC	(contd.)
6 November 1982 to 1985	Paul Biya, President	UNC
1985 to present	Paul Biya, President	RDPC	(contd.)

Affiliations:-

RDPC	Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais/Cameroonian
	(People’s Democratic Rally) conservative, former UNC renamed RDPC 1985
SDF	Social-Democratic Front/Front Social-Démocratique social-democratic
KNDP	Kamerun National Democratic Party British Cameroon-based, from 1966: part of UNC
UC	Union du Camerounais
	(Cameroon Union) French Cameroon-based, from 1966: part of UNC
UNC	Union National du Camerounais
	(Cameroonian National Union) from 1985: RDPC

See also:-

• Cameroon
  • Politics of Cameroon
  • Heads of Government of Cameroon
  • Colonial Heads of Cameroon British Cameroon
  • Heads of Government of British Cameroon
  • Colonial Heads of French Cameroon
  • Heads of Government of French Cameroon
  • Colonial Heads of German Cameroon
• Lists of Incumbents