Paul Biya is a Cameroonian politician who is the second president of Cameroon since 6 November 1982, having previously been the prime minister of Cameroon from 1975 to 1982. He is the second-longest-ruling president in Africa, the longest consecutively serving current non-royal national leader in the world and the oldest head of state in the world. He is regarded as an authoritarian leader and dictator.
Ahidjo in July 1982, three months before he resigned.
Biya with U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1986
Biya and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in September 2002
Biya with U.S. President George W. Bush in 2003
Lists of state leaders by age
This article contains various lists of state leaders organized by age, defined as heads of state and/or heads of government.
Giovanni Paolo Lascaris, the oldest serving state leader of all time whose age is fully verifiable.
Gabriel Attal, the youngest serving state leader
Guillermo Rodríguez, the oldest-living state leader
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, the longest-lived state leader