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Cameroonian Parliamentary Election, 2013
Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 30 September 2013, alongside local elections. They were originally scheduled for July 2012, February 2013 and July 2013, but were repeatedly postponed. Background Following a controversial presidential election in 2011, Islamic and Christian leaders met with Samuel Fonkam Azu'u, the head of the electoral commission ELECAM, in order to push for reforms demanded by the opposition. The measures included: biometric registration of voters as the previous election had multiple and non-existing voters, a single ballot paper for presidential elections, eligibility of independent candidates, eligibility of 18-year-olds to vote from the current 20 minimum requirement, recompilation of voter registers, two-round presidential election, establishing an electoral calendar, "harmonisation" of electoral laws and a "truly independent" electoral commission. Azu'u and Prime Minister Philemon Yang then worked with leaders of various political parties, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Cameroonian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 22 July 2007,Low turnout mars Cameroonian legislative elections Xinhua, 23 July 2007 with voting in some districts re-run on 30 September.Législatives partielles: Retour aux urnes le 30 septembre ! Le Messager, 30 August 2007 Local elections were held on the same day, with seats on 363 town councils at stake. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Front (Cameroon)
The Social Democratic Front (french: Front Social Démocrate) is the main opposition party of Cameroon. It is led by Ni John Fru Ndi and receives significant support from the Anglophone regions of the western part of the country. History The SDF was launched in Bamenda on May 26, 1990 in opposition to the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement; following the launching rally, six people were killed by security forces. The party held its Constitutive Assembly on February 3, 1991 and elected its National Executive Committee."Significant Events in the Life of the Social Democratic Front" , SDF website. The party refused to sign the Tripartite Declaration of November 1991, and it chose to boycott the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Bernard Ndongo Essomba
Jean-Bernard Ndongo Essomba is a Cameroonian politician. He was President of the Parliamentary Group of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC) in the National Assembly of Cameroon from 1992 to 1997 and he has held that post again since 2002. Political career before 2007 Ndongo Essomba, a businessman,"Bigwigs of Cameroon's ruling party lost at primaries" Panapress, 14 May 2002.Mathias Eric Owona Nguini , ''Polis'', No. 2, Volume 2 (1986) . was the Third Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Mines (''Chambre de commerce, d'industrie et des mines'', CCIM) as of 1984. He was appointed to the Central Committee of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilarion Etong
Hilarion the Great (291–371) was an anchorite who spent most of his life in the desert according to the example of Anthony the Great (c. 251–356). While St Anthony is considered to have established Christian monasticism in the Egyptian desert, St Hilarion is considered by some to be the founder of Palestinian monasticism and venerated as a saint by the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Church. Early life The chief source of information regarding Hilarion is the biography written by St. Jerome. "The life of Hilarion was written by Jerome in 390 at Bethlehem. Its object was to further the ascetic life to which he was devoted. It contains, amidst much that is legendary, some statements which attach it to genuine history, and is in any case a record of the state of the human mind in the 4th century." Hilarion was born in Thabatha, south of Gaza in Syria Palaestina of pagan parents. He successfully studied rhetoric with a grammarian in Alexandria. It seems that he was conver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United People For Social Renovation
United People for Social Renovation (french: Peuple Uni pour la Rénovation Sociale, PURS) is a political party in Cameroon. History The party was founded by Serge Espoir Matomba and others in 2010, but did not nominate a candidate for the 2011 presidential elections. It did contest the 2013 parliamentary elections. In the latter election, PURS won its first seat with Matomba winning the district Douala IV. Serge Espoir Matomba served as the party's candidate for the 2018 presidential elections.Cameroun : qui est Serge Espoir Matomba, candidat déclaré à la présidentielle 2018? Jeune Afrique, 13 June 2017 In 2021, Matomba condemned [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance For Democracy And Development (Cameroon) , won 3.7% of the vote.
Originally called the Alliance for Democracy and Progress, it was legally recognized on 4 June 1991.The Alliance for Democracy and Development () is a political party in Cameroon. At the presidential elections, 11 October 2004, its candidate, Garga Haman Adji Garga Haman Adji (born 27 January 1944Information on the First ''Ar ... October 2006, page 98 . References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Movement (Cameroon)
The Progressive Movement (french: Mouvement Progressiste, MP) is a minor opposition political party in Cameroon. It was formed on 23 August 1991 and is led by Jean-Jacques Ekindi. Ekindi was the MP candidate in the October 1992 presidential election, officially receiving 0.79% of the vote and placing fifth. An MP meeting at the Bepanda Omnisport Stadium in Douala on 21 May 1994 was banned by the government, and when party members tried to hold the meeting anyway, a number of them were beaten by security forces. Again running as the party's presidential candidate in the 11 October 2004 presidential election, Ekindi announced his withdrawal from the election on 10 October in favor of John Fru Ndi, the candidate of the main opposition party, the Social Democratic Front (SDF). His name nevertheless remained on the ballot, and he placed 13th out of 16 candidates with 0.27% of the vote. In the 22 July 2007 parliamentary election, Ekindi was elected to the National Assembly I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Front For The National Salvation Of Cameroon
Front may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''The Front'' (1943 film), a 1943 Soviet drama film * ''The Front'', 1976 film Music *The Front (band), an American rock band signed to Columbia Records and active in the 1980s and early 1990s *The Front (Canadian band) Joel Richard Stephan Feeney (born November 21, 1957) is a Canadian country, pop music singer, songwriter and record producer. History Joel Feeney commenced his recording career with the pop rock band The Front. Feeney was also a producer on album ..., a Canadian studio band from the 1980s Periodicals * ''Front'' (magazine), a British men's magazine * ''Front Illustrated Paper'', a publication of the Yugoslav People's Army Television * Front TV, a Toronto broadcast design and branding firm * The Front (The Blacklist), "The Front" (''The Blacklist''), a 2014 episode of the TV series ''The Blacklist'' * The Front (The Simpsons), "The Front" (''The Simpsons''), a 1993 episode of the TV series ''The Sim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movement For The Defence Of The Republic
The Movement for the Defence of the Republic (french: Mouvement pour la Défense de la République) is a political party in Cameroon, led by Dakolé Daïssala. History The party first contested national elections in 1992, when it won six seats in the parliamentary elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( .... In the 1997 elections the party was reduced to a single seat, and lost its one seat in the 2002 elections. In the 2013 parliamentary elections the party regained parliamentary representation, winning one seat. IPU Electoral history Presidential Elections ...
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Cameroun Assemblée Nationale 2013
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad, and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area ''Rio dos Camarões'' (''Shrimp River''), which became ''Cameroon'' in English. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa Emirate in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroon Renaissance Movement
The Cameroon Renaissance Movement (french: Mouvement pour la Renaissance du Cameroun, MRC) is a political party in Cameroon. History The party was established in August 2012 by Maurice Kamto. It won a single seat in the 2013 parliamentary elections. Six members the MRC were arrested for distributing face masks and hand sanitizers in the capital, Yaoundé on May 12, 2020. The use of face masks was obligatory during the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi .... In December 2021, around thirty executives and activists from the MRC were sentenced to prison terms for insurrection and endangering state security. The party's first vice-president Alain Fogué and Kamto's spokesman Olivier Bibou Nissack received seven-year sentences. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
