Paul Biya
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Paul Barthélemy Biya 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 197
Biya in 2022
Ahidjo in July 1982, three months before he resigned.
Biya with U.S. president Ronald Reagan in 1986
Biya with President of the European Commission Jacques Delors (left) and Manuel Marín (right) in 1989
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is an Equatoguinean politician, former military officer, and dictator who has served as the second president of Equatorial Guinea since 1979. As of 2026, he is the second
Paul Biya
…under President Ahmadou Ahidjo from 1975 to 1982. Widely considered to be a dictator, Biya is the second-longest-ruling president in Africa (after Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in Equatorial Guinea) and the longest consecutively serving current non-royal national leader in the world; at the age of 93, he is also the oldest…
Obiang in 2026
Obiang and Spanish prime minister Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo in 1982
Obiang (1st row, 2nd from left) at Kim Il Sung's 80th birthday anniversary in April 1992
Condoleezza Rice with Obiang in 2006