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immediately after independence and was forced to govern by coalition. However, by 1963 the UC had absorbed its coalition partners and was very much the dominant party. Indeed, in the
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Formed from an alliance in the legislature between political figures from the centre and south of the country and magnates from the
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the UC emerged as the main party post-independence. The party had initially only won a slim majority in the
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the UC captured 98% of the vote in East Cameroon whilst in the
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Ahmadou Ahidjo
Yaoundé
Cameroon
Ideology
African nationalism
Green
Politics of Cameroon
Political parties
Elections
French
Cameroonian
French
Cameroun
Ahmadou Ahidjo
André-Marie Mbida
Bloc Démocratique Camerounaise
Islamic
Fula people
election
1964 parliamentary elections
1965 Presidential election
Kamerun National Democratic Party
Cameroonian National Union


Ahmadou Ahidjo
"AFRICAN HISTORY TIMELINE: Independent Cameroon"
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