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18-628: KNDP may refer to: Kamerun National Democratic Party Kayan New Land Party , in Burma Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title KNDP . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KNDP&oldid=932946894 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

36-602: A round of bitter in-fighting which saw Solomon Tandeng Muna , who had been an important figure in the foundation of the KNDP, split away to form his own Cameroon United Congress (CUC). Initially this put the KNDP in a weaker position, particularly with regards to the UC which was the only effective party in the East. However before long KNDP dominance became as complete when both the CPNC and

54-608: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kamerun National Democratic Party The KNDP was formed in 1955 by John Ngu Foncha . The party initially sought a close relationship with the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon of Cameroun and in the early days contained a number of UPC members who had fled persecution in the French zone. However whilst Foncha supported autonomy for

72-509: The parliamentary election held on 30 June 2002, the party won 149 out of 180 seats, including 16 seats won in a revote on 15 September for constituencies where the election had been invalidated. In the presidential election held on 11 October 2004, Biya won 70.9% of the vote. The CPDM won 140 out of the 163 initially declared seats in the July 2007 parliamentary election , and it won another 13 seats (out of 17 at stake) in constituencies where

90-707: The 180 seats in the May 1997 parliamentary election (it initially won 109 seats, but it subsequently won in the three constituencies where the election was held over again in August, gaining seven more seats ) and in the October 1997 presidential election , Biya received 92.6% of the vote amidst an opposition boycott. The SDF and its allies in the Union for Change remain critical of Biya but are also critical of France, which they call an "accomplice of those in power." However, in 2000

108-797: The 180 seats in the National Assembly of Cameroon in the March 1992 parliamentary election , and through an alliance with the Movement for the Defense of the Republic (MDR), which won six seats, it obtained a parliamentary majority. Biya subsequently won the October 1992 presidential election with about 40% of the vote, ahead of John Fru Ndi of the Social Democratic Front (SDF), who won about 36%. The CPDM gained 116 of

126-603: The CPDM is Paul Biya , the president of Cameroon, while the secretary-general of the party's Central Committee is Jean Nkuete . The Cameroonian National Union ( CNU ; French: Union nationale camérounaise , UNC) was formed in 1966 through a merger of the Cameroon Union (Union Camerounaise) and the Kamerun National Democratic Party , the major political organizations, respectively, of

144-649: The CUC were absorbed by the KNDP. Finally the two dominant parties merged into one, the Cameroonian National Union , in 1966 and almost immediately this group became the sole party in a unitary state. In 1990 Victorin Hameni Bieleu mooted the possibility of re-establishing the KNDP and contacted Foncha with a view to securing his support. However this did not prove forthcoming and so the plans were shelved in favour of Bieleu forming his own party

162-550: The KNDP to absorb the party floundering due to personality clashes. Following independence, democracy largely receded in Cameroon as the KNDP in what became known as West Cameroon and the Cameroon Union (UC) in East Cameroon established their respective hegemonies. However whilst Ahmadou Ahidjo and the UC enjoyed full control in the East, the KNDP initially did not enjoy the same levels of endorsement, their 78% of

180-765: The South this was rejected by the UPC who wanted full reunification. The KNDP ended their relationship with the UPC in 1957 and the Francophone party were banned in the British territory. The party also split from the Kamerun National Congress (of which Foncha had previously been a member) and the two parties became bitter rivals over the KNC's support for incorporation into Nigeria . The KNDP's stance proved

198-483: The Union of Democratic Forces of Cameroon. Cameroonian National Union The Cameroon People's Democratic Movement ( CPDM ; French : Rassemblement démocratique du Peuple Camerounais , RDPC) is the ruling political party in Cameroon . Previously known as the Cameroonian National Union , which had dominated Cameroon politics since independence in the 1960s, it was renamed in 1985. The national president of

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216-642: The alliance reportedly was falling apart as the SDF sought to distance itself from the Southern Cameroon National Council (SCNC). The SCNC apparently was accusing the SDF of delaying independence for the northwest and southwest English-speaking provinces by refusing to force its English-speaking members of parliament to resign from the Francophone-dominated National Assembly. Moreover, some members of

234-549: The most popular and they won the legislative elections in 1959, forcing the KNU into opposition. As the governing party they supported a united independent Cameroon but one organised along federal lines and this was endorsed by a referendum in 1961. As a result E. M. L. Endeley 's Cameroon People's National Convention (CPNC), which supported the Nigeria, emerged as the main source of opposition to KNDP hegemony, with attempts by

252-675: The nation's president in 1982. Following President Paul Biya 's assumption of emergency powers in August 1983, Ahidjo, then in France, resigned as party leader. Biya was subsequently elected party chief at a special party congress in September. In 1985, the UNC was renamed the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM or Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais —RDPC). Opposition parties were legalized in 1990. The CPDM won 88 of

270-653: The opposition wanted their party leaders to join Biya's coalition government so they could share the spoils of office. By 2000, Biya had shored up his government by forming a coalition with the northern-based UNDP, which had 13 Assembly seats, and with the UPC, which had one seat. Together, the ruling coalition gave Biya a four-fifth's majority in the Assembly. The coalition government enjoyed support from seven of Cameroon's 10 provinces, and thus secured former president Ahidjo's north–south alliance, which he had created in 1958. In

288-491: The state of west Cameroon and the state of east Cameroon, and four smaller parties. For the next quarter-century, the UNC/RDPC and the government were effectively one. The UNC sponsored labor, youth, and women's organizations and provided the only list of candidates for the 1973, 1978, and 1983 legislative elections. Ahmadou Ahidjo became the first head of the UNC in 1966 and continued in that capacity after his resignation as

306-485: The vote in 1964 parliamentary elections some way behind the 98% won by the UC. Foncha was forced to relinquish his position as Prime Minister of West Cameroon in 1965 when he was elected Vice-President to Ahidjo on a joint ticket as the Constitution of Cameroon stated that both offices could not be held simultaneously. As a consequence Augustine Ngom Jua was chosen as the new prime minister, although not before

324-704: The vote was held over again in September, thus winning a total of 153 seats. The party held its first ordinary congress, at which Biya told the party to prepare for competition as the move toward multiparty democracy was beginning, on June 28, 1990, in Yaoundé . The CPDM's first extraordinary congress was held in Yaoundé on October 7, 1995, and its second ordinary congress was held on December 17–19, 1996. The party held its second extraordinary congress on July 7, 2001 and its third extraordinary congress on July 21, 2006, in Yaoundé. Biya has been consistently re-elected as

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