BIYA, OUATTARA EMERGE VICTORIOUS IN CAMEROON, COTE D'IVOIRE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

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President Paul Biya 
President Paul Biya of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM), has been been declared as winner of Cameroon’s recently conducted presidential election, by the the Country's constitutional Council, which announced the results on Monday, October 27, 2025.

According to the Constitutional Council, Biya won with a 53.66 percent share of the vote, while Issa Tchiroma, the main opposition candidate of the Cameroon National Salvation Front (CNSL), finished second with 35.19% of the vote. Tchiroma, 76, was Biya’s former spokesperson.

Paul Biya, 92, won the election to serve his eighth consecutive term in office and will govern till 2032, by which time he will be almost 100 years old.

Biya’s win raises concerns of increased unrest in the French-speaking Central African country.

The president is rarely seen in public and is known for spending time outside Africa in Swiss hotels.

His long absences, sandwiched with an advanced age, have birthed multiple death rumours — but the nonagenarian has repeatedly proven them wrong.

President Alassane Ouattara 
In a related development, President Alassane Ouattara of the Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP), has secured a fourth term in Ivory Coast’s just-concluded election, with provisional results showing a landslide victory for the 83-year-old leader.

His main contenders were Jean-Louis Billon of Democratic Congress (DC), a former commerce minister who placed second, while Simone Gbagbo, of Movement of Capable Generations (MGC) and former first lady came third. Two other candidates, Ahoua Don Mello (Independent) and Henriette Lagou Adjoua (Independent) completed the list of contenders.

Announcing the results on Monday, the country’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said Alassane Ouattara Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP) scored a massive 3,759,030 (91.23%) votes, to win the election by a landslide. 
His closest rival, Jean-Louis Billon of the Democratic Congress (DC) had 129,493 (3.14%) votes to come a very distant second, while Simone Gbagbo of the Movement of Capable Generations (MCG) managed 101,238 (2.46%) votes to place third.
Ahoua Don Mello (Independent) polled 82,508 (2.00%) votes, to come in fourth and Henriette Lagou Adjoua (Independent) got 48,261 (1.17%) votes to bring up the rear.

Ouattara’s win did not come as a shock to many Ivorians after the electoral commission disqualified major candidates, including former President Laurent Gbagbo, who could pose a challenge to the incumbent’s bid.

A former deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ouattara has also been credited with overseeing an economy that yielded years of steady growth.

Ouattara had said this will be his final presidential contest, as the victory extends his nearly 15-year rule, positioning him among one of West Africa’s longest-serving leaders.

OLDEST SERVING PRESIDENTS

However, the Ivorian leader is nowhere close to Cameroon’s Paul Biya, who earlier won his eighth consecutive term after spending 43 years in office.
Biya’s win also means he will retain his undisputed title as the world’s oldest serving president.
At 92, Biya is the world’s oldest president and west Africa’s longest-serving leader. He came to power in 1982 and is the second longest-serving president in the world.
President Teodoro Nguema of Equatorial Guinea comes in at first place. Nguema began ruling in 1979.



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