What is Ahmadou Ahidjo?
{{Infobox President |name=Ahmadou Ahidjo |nationality=[[Cameroon|Cameroonian]] |image=Ahmadou Ahidjo.jpg |caption= |order= 1st [[President of Cameroon]] |term_start=5 May 1960 |term_end=6 November 1981 |predecessor= Position established |successor=[[Paul Biya]] |vicepresident=[[John Ngu Foncha]]<br/>[[Salomon Tandeng Muna]] |signature= |birth_date={{birth date|1924|8|24|df=y}} |birth_place=[[Garoua]], [[British Cameroons]] |death_date={{death date and age|1989|11|30|1924|8|24|df=y}} |death_place=[[Dakar]], [[Senegal]] |spouse=[[Germaine Ahidjo]] |party= [[Cameroonian Union|CU]] (1958–1966)<br />[[Cameroonian National Union|CNU]] (1966–1989) |order2= 1st [[Prime Minister of Cameroon]] |term_start2=1 January 1960 |term_end2=15 May 1960 |predecessor2= Position established |successor2=[[Charles Assalé]] |president= }} '''Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo''' (24 August 1924 – 30 November 1989) was a [[Cameroon|Cameroonian]] politician. He was the first [[President of Cameroon]], holding the office from 1960 until 1982.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ahmadou-Ahidjo|title=Ahmadou Ahidjo {{!}} president of Cameroon|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=3 November 2018|language=en}}</ref> Ahidjo played a major role Cameroon's independence from France as well as reuniting the French and English-speaking parts of the country. He was also the country's first [[Prime Minister of Cameroon|Prime Minister]] from January 1960 to May 1960. Ahidjo resigned from the presidency in 1981, and [[Paul Biya]] replaced him. He was accused of being behind a [[coup]] plot against Biya in 1984. He was sentenced to death, but he died of a [[heart attack]] on 30 November 1989 at the age of 65. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahidjo, Ahmadou}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:1989 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Presidents of Cameroon]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Cameroon]] {{bio-stub}}