biography
pronunciation:
[a-heejoh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1924–89)
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| biography:
| Cameroonian statesman and president (1960–82), born in Garoua, N Cameroon. He became prime minister in 1958, and led his country to independence in 1960. He was elected the first president of the new Republic of Cameroon, a post which he held until his retirement. He then went into exile in France. |
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