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provided by Cameroon will head to the polls on October 7, to decide who will captain the country for another 7 years.According to an official list published by Elections Cameroon, 28 candidacy files were received by the commission that was charged with receiving files at the This year’s presidential poll seems to be very different from previous elections the country has witnessed considering the reduced number of candidates to take part in the elections and the insecurity which has plagued the country for over two years.Biya will be facing political amateurs in the upcoming elections and an opposition which has failed despite several attempts to present a united front to challenge his candidacy.Joshua Osih was picked on February 24 as the flag-bearer of the main opposition party, the Social Democratic Front, to replace Ni John Fru Ndi who has over the years been the strongest candidate to face Biya.Akere Muna, and a host of others; Libii Li Ngue Cabril, Matomba Serge Espoir, Kamto Maurine and Njifor Afamwi will also be testing the waters for the very first time.Paul Biya, Cameroonian native who hail from the South was born on 13 February 1933, in the village of Mvomeka’a.He studied at the Lycée General Leclerc, Yaounde and the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris and went on to the Institut des hautes études d’Outre-Mer where he graduated in 1961 with a Higher Education Diploma in Public Law.He became a bureaucrat in his late 20’s under President Ahmadou Ahidjo.He was Chargé de Mission at the Presidency of the Republic upon his return from Paris in October 1962 and Director of Cabinet of the Minister of National Education, Youth Affairs and Culture in January 1964.He was named Director of Cabinet of the Minister of National Education, Youth Affairs and Culture in July 1965 and later Director of the Civil Cabinet of the President in December 1967While still serving as Director of the Civil Cabinet, Biya was appointed Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Republic in January 1968.He gained the rank of Minister in August 1968 and the rank of Minister of State in June 1970, while remaining Secretary-General at the Presidency.Ahidjo unexpectedly announced his resignation on 4 November 1982, and Biya accordingly succeeded him as President of Cameroon on 6 November.In 2002 he was elected regional chairman of the Social Democratic Front for the South West region.In 2006, he was elected 2nd Vice Chairman of the party.His is an established entrepreneur in Cameroon and is the founder and managing director of the notable companies including Camport Osih is a Member of the Cameroon Parliament for the Wouri Centre constituency in Douala.He serves both as Vice President of the Finance and Budget Committee of the National Assembly, and Special Rapporteur for the National Assembly.He is Deputy General Rapporteur in charge of state income, Vice Coordinator of the Hope for the Youth caucus, and a member of multiple parliamentary friendship groups.Born on 9 December 1968, the 49-year-old lawmaker and native of the South West Region is married to Tina Osih with 3 sons.Akere Tabeng Muna is a Cameroonian lawyer who was born on August 1952 in the North-West region of Cameroon.He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in International Relations in 1975 from the American University in Washington, D.C. and later moved to England, where he joined the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn. 67 In an autocratic government, the president exercises power over his political party, the government, the economy, and the judiciary. 01:05 Cameroon: Int’l community mounts pressure on government to investigate Wazizi’s death. Cameroon: Solution to Anglophone crisis found ‘only at the negotiating table’-Russia says. More info in our