Kamerun Profil Regierung

Name: Yaounde

geographische Koordinaten: 3 52 N, 11 31 E

Zeitunterschied: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

1 Januar 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)

State Unification Day (National Day), 20 Mai (1972)

history: several previous; latest effective 18 Januar 1996

amendments: proposed by the president of the republic or by Parliament; amendment drafts require approval of at least one third of the membership in either house of Parliament; passage requires absolute majority vote of the Parliament membership; passage of drafts requested by the president for a second reading in Parliament requires two-thirds majority vote of its membership; the president can opt to submit drafts to a referendum, in which case passage requires a simple majority; constitutional articles on Cameroon’s unity and territorial integrity and its democratic principles cannot be amended; amended 2008 (2017)

20 Jahre; universal

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Paul BIYA (seit dem 6 November 1982)

Regierungschef: Prime Minister Joseph Dion NGUTE (seit dem 4 January 2019); Deputy Prime Minister Amadou ALI (seit dem 2014)

cabinet: Cabinet proposed by the prime minister, appointed by the president

elections/appointments: president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 7-year term (no term limits); election last held on 7 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2025); prime minister appointed by the president

election results: Paul BIYA reelected president; percent of vote - Paul BIYA (CPDM) 71.3%, Maurice KAMTO (MRC) 14.2%, Cabral LIBII (Univers) 6.3%, other 8.2%