Liberty Movement Of Cameroon Youth
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The Liberty Movement of Cameroon Youth (french: Mouvement pour la Libération de la Jeunesse Camerounaise) was a political party in
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History

The party contested the May 1997 parliamentary elections, receiving 0.4% of the vote and winning a single seat. It supported incumbent President
Paul Biya Paul Biya (born Paul Barthélemy Biya'a bi Mvondo; 13 February 1933) is a Cameroonian politician who has served as the president of Cameroon since 6 November 1982.
in the October 1997 presidential elections. The party lost its seat in the 2002 elections, shortly after which a split led to a group leaving the party to establish the Movement for the Liberation and Development of Cameroon.Tom Lansford (2014) ''Political Handbook of the World 2014'', CQ Press, p231


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