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News24 | Cameroon’s President Paul Biyan re-elected for an 8th term at 92 years old

Cameroon President Paul Biya won an eighth term with 53.7% of the vote. Robert Fimbaye/AFP Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has been re-elected.According to the Constitutional Council, he won 53.7% of the vote.Former government minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary came second with 35.2%.Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, 92, has been re-elected for an eighth term with 53.7% of the vote, according to official results announced by the Constitutional Council on Monday. Rival candidate and former government minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary came second with 35.2%, the council said. Chiroma had claimed victory against the incumbent two days after the 12 October election, and called for demonstrations.Four people were killed on Sunday in clashes between security forces and supporters of the opposition in the economic capital Douala, according to the region’s governor. Security forces initially used tear gas before firing “live ammunition”, according to protesters interviewed by AFP.READ | ‘He’s a wise man’: World’s oldest leader tipped for 8th term in Cameroon voteSince last week, supporters of Issa Tchiroma, who according to his own tally won 54.8% of the votes against 31.3% for Biya, have taken to the streets to defend his claimed victory. Most analysts expected Biya, the world’s oldest serving head of state, to secure another seven-year term in a system that critics say has been increasingly rigged.Deadly clashes have broken out in Cameroon after opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma declared victory in an election yet to publish results.Tchiroma urged his supporters onto the streets to demand that President Paul Biya step aside after over 43 years in power. pic.twitter.com/Ygc5FEi8bA— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) October 27, 2025 Biya is only the second head of state to lead Cameroon since independence from France in 1960.He has ruled with an iron fist, repressing all political and armed opposition, and holding onto power through social upheaval, economic disparity and separatist violence.Reuters reported that the country’s Constitutional Council announced the result.“Hereby proclaimed President-elect: the candidate Biya Paul,” said Clement Atangana, president of the Constitutional Council.Biya, 92, took office in 1982 and has held a tight grip on power ever since, doing away with the presidential term limit in 2008 and winning re-election by comfortable margins.

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Cameroon President Paul Biya won an eighth term with 53.7% of the vote.

Robert Fimbaye/AFP

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has been re-elected.
According to the Constitutional Council, he won 53.7% of the vote.
Former government minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary came second with 35.2%.

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, 92, has been re-elected for an eighth term with 53.7% of the vote, according to official results announced by the Constitutional Council on Monday.

Rival candidate and former government minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary came second with 35.2%, the council said.

Chiroma had claimed victory against the incumbent two days after the 12 October election, and called for demonstrations.

Four people were killed on Sunday in clashes between security forces and supporters of the opposition in the economic capital Douala, according to the region’s governor.

Security forces initially used tear gas before firing “live ammunition”, according to protesters interviewed by AFP.

READ | ‘He’s a wise man’: World’s oldest leader tipped for 8th term in Cameroon vote

Since last week, supporters of Issa Tchiroma, who according to his own tally won 54.8% of the votes against 31.3% for Biya, have taken to the streets to defend his claimed victory.

Most analysts expected Biya, the world’s oldest serving head of state, to secure another seven-year term in a system that critics say has been increasingly rigged.

Deadly clashes have broken out in Cameroon after opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma declared victory in an election yet to publish results.

Tchiroma urged his supporters onto the streets to demand that President Paul Biya step aside after over 43 years in power. pic.twitter.com/Ygc5FEi8bA

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) October 27, 2025

Biya is only the second head of state to lead Cameroon since independence from France in 1960.

He has ruled with an iron fist, repressing all political and armed opposition, and holding onto power through social upheaval, economic disparity and separatist violence.

Reuters reported that the country’s Constitutional Council announced the result.

“Hereby proclaimed President-elect: the candidate Biya Paul,” said Clement Atangana, president of the Constitutional Council.

Biya, 92, took office in 1982 and has held a tight grip on power ever since, doing away with the presidential term limit in 2008 and winning re-election by comfortable margins.