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Group Of Cameroonian Progressives
The Group of Cameroonian Progressives (french: Groupe des Progressistes du Cameroun, GPC) was a political alliance in Cameroon. History The alliance was formed by the Cameroonian National Action Movement and the Socialist Party of Cameroon.Mark Dike DeLancey, Rebecca Neh Mbuh & Mark W DeLancey (2010) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon'', Scarecrow Press, p197 The alliance received 4.5% of the vote in the April 1960 parliamentary elections, winning seven seats.Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p181 The alliance joined Ahmadou Ahidjo's Cameroonian Union-led government in May 1960, with GPC members Charles Assalé Charles Assalé (4 November 1911 in South Province – 10 December 1999 in Yaoundé) was a Cameroonian politician of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon. He served as Minister of Finance of French Cameroon French Cameroon or French Cameroons ... and Charles Okala becoming Prime Minister and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Alliance
A political group is a group consisting of political parties or legislators of aligned ideologies. A technical group is similar to a political group, but with members of differing ideologies. International terms Equivalent terms are used different countries, including: politics of Argentina, Argentina (''bloque'' and ''interbloque''), politics of Australia, Australia (party room); politics of Austria, Austria (''Club''); politics of Belgium, Belgium (''fractie''/''fraction''/''Fraktion''); politics of Brazil, Brazil and politics of Portugal, Portugal ("grupo parlamentar" or, informally, "bancadas"); politics of Germany, Germany (''Fraktion''); politics of Italy, Italy (''gruppo''), politics of Finland, Finland (eduskuntaryhmä/''riksdagsgrupp''); the politics of the Netherlands, Netherlands (''fractie''); politics of Poland, Poland (''frakcja''), politics of Switzerland, Switzerland (''fraction''/''Fraktion''/''frazione''); and politics of Romania, Romania (''grup parlamentar''). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroon
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroonian National Action Movement
The Cameroonian National Action Movement (french: Mouvement d'Action Nationale Camerounaise, MANC) was a political party in French Cameroons. History The party was created in March 1956 as by the merger of the Bantu Efoula-Meyong Traditional Association led by Charles Assalé and members of the Ngondo establishment led by Soppo Priso. The French authorities regarded it as a front for the banned Union of the Peoples of Cameroon. The party contested the Cameroonian Territorial Assembly election, 1956, December 1956 Territorial Assembly elections. It received 6.7% of the vote, winning 8 of the 70 seats. Its eight MPs became known as the "Group of Eight", who were opposed to the increasing domination of the Cameroonian Union led by Ahmadou Ahidjo. However, it joined Ahidjo's government in 1958. Prior to the Cameroonian parliamentary election, 1960, 1960 elections the party formed the Group of Cameroonian Progressives together with the Socialist Party of Cameroon. The alliance won se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist Party Of Cameroon
The Socialist Party of Cameroon (french: Parti Socialiste Camerounaise, PSC) was a political party in Cameroon. History The party was established in November 1959 by former Senator Charles Okala.Mark Dike DeLancey, Rebecca Neh Mbuh & Mark W DeLancey (2010) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon'', Scarecrow Press, p303 Together with the Cameroonian National Action Movement, the PSC formed the Group of Cameroonian Progressives to contest the Cameroonian parliamentary election, 1960, 1960 elections. The alliance received 4.5% of the vote, winning seven seats. The alliance joined Ahmadou Ahidjo's Cameroonian Union-led government in May 1960, with Okala becoming and Foreign Minister. After being convicted of conspiracy, Okala was imprisoned in 1962. He was released in 1965, with a condition that the PSC be dissolved.DeLancey et al, p296 It merged into the Cameroon National Union in September 1966. References {{Cameroonian political parties Defunct political p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroonian Parliamentary Election, 1960
Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 10 April 1960. They were the first elections held in accordance with the new constitution, approved in a referendum in February, which created a unicameral federal National Assembly. The result was a slim victory for the Cameroonian Union, forcing it to govern in coalition. However, the elections were marred by severe irregularities. US Department of State Results was the only woman elected, becoming the first directly-elected female member of the Cameroonian parliament.References {{Cameroonian elections |
Ahmadou Ahidjo
Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo (24 August 192430 November 1989) was a Cameroonian politician who was the first List of Presidents of Cameroon, President of Cameroon, holding the office from 1960 until 1982. Ahidjo played a major role in Cameroon's independence from France as well as reuniting the French and English-speaking parts of the country. During Ahidjo's time in office, he established a centralized political system. Ahidjo established a single-party state under the Cameroon National Union (CNU) in 1966. In 1972, Ahidjo abolished the federation in favor of a unitary state. Ahidjo resigned from the presidency in 1982, and Paul Biya assumed the presidency. This was an action that was surprising to Cameroonians. Accused of being behind a coup plot against Biya in 1984, Ahidjo was sentenced to death in absentia, but he died of natural causes in 1989. Early life Ahidjo was born in Garoua, a major river port along the Benue River in northern Cameroun, which was at the time a French man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroonian Union
The Cameroonian Union (french: Union camérounaise or UC) was a Cameroonian pro-independence party active in the French territory of Cameroun. The UC was formed by Ahmadou Ahidjo in 1958 when he broke from André-Marie Mbida and the Bloc Démocratique Camerounaise. Under Ahidjo, the UC was prepared to work with the French in order to achieve its goals of a united, independent Cameroon. Formed from an alliance in the legislature between political figures from the centre and south of the country and magnates from the Islamic Fula people the UC emerged as the main party post-independence. The party had initially only won a slim majority in the election immediately after independence and was forced to govern by coalition. However, by 1963 the UC had absorbed its coalition partners and was very much the dominant party. Indeed, in the 1964 parliamentary elections the UC captured 98% of the vote in East Cameroon whilst in the 1965 Presidential election Ahidjo captured 99.95% of the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Assalé
Charles Assalé (4 November 1911 in South Province – 10 December 1999 in Yaoundé) was a Cameroonian politician of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon. He served as Minister of Finance of French Cameroon French Cameroon or French Cameroons (french: link=no, Cameroun) was a French mandate territory in Central Africa. It now forms part of the independent country of Cameroon. History Beginnings The area of present-day Cameroon came under German ... from 1958 to 1959, and was the first Prime Minister of the federated state of East Cameroon from 15 May 1960 to 19 June 1965. References 1911 births 1999 deaths People of French Equatorial Africa Prime Ministers of Cameroon Finance ministers of Cameroon Union of the Peoples of Cameroon politicians People from South Region (Cameroon) {{Cameroon-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Okala
Rene-Guy Charles Okala (19 October 1910 – 16 September 1973) was a Cameroonian politician. Biography Born in Bilomo in the Centre Region in 1910, Okala attended a Catholic primary school in Yaoundé.Mark Dike DeLancey, Rebecca Neh Mbuh & Mark W DeLancey (2010) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon'', Scarecrow Press, p295–296 Following World War II, he was elected to the local Assembly, and became a member of the French Senate in 1947, serving until 1955.Okala Charles French Senate In 1959 he established the Socialist Party of Cameroon (PSC), which contested the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Party Alliances In Cameroon
Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. It may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and nonviolent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but also often carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or limitedly, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external force, including wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties Disestablished In 1961
Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. It may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and nonviolent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but also often carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or limitedly, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external force, including wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Disestablishments In Cameroon
Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Finnair, Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the Captain (civil aviation), captain and First officer (civil aviation), first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti marches into the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 Turkish coup d'état, 1960 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
