{"id":10863,"date":"2025-11-06T13:32:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dgtcfm.cm\/paul-biya-prete-serment-comme-president-de-la-republique-du-cameroun-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T16:47:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:47:24","slug":"paul-biya-prete-serment-comme-president-de-la-republique-du-cameroun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dgtcfm.cm\/en\/paul-biya-prete-serment-comme-president-de-la-republique-du-cameroun\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Biya sworn in as President of the Republic of Cameroon"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10863\" class=\"elementor elementor-10863 elementor-10837\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11c6d7d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"11c6d7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a70ac0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a70ac0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"max-width: 1200px; margin: 0 auto; background: white; border-radius: 15px; box-shadow: 0 20px 40px rgba(0,0,0,0.3); padding: clamp(1.5rem, 3vw, 3rem) clamp(1rem, 2vw, 2rem); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #1a2c3d; line-height: 1.6;\">\n    \n    \n    <p style=\"font-size: 1rem; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.6;\">\n        This Thursday, November 6, 2025, Cameroon&#8217;s re-elected President Paul Biya took the oath of office in the presence of high-ranking officials of the Republic, officially marking the opening of his new term at the Supreme Magistracy. 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