This article lists the various political parties in Cameroon.
Cameroon is a one party dominant state with the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement in power. While opposition parties are allowed, they are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
Parties represented in the National Assembly
PartyAbbr.LeaderPolitical positionIdeologyAssemblyCameroon People's Democratic Movement CPDMPaul BiyaBig tentNational Union for Democracy and Progress NUDPMaigari Bello BoubaRight-wingSocial Democratic FrontSDFJoshua OsihCentre-leftSocial democracyCameroonian Party for National ReconciliationCPNRCabral LibiiCameroon Democratic UnionUDCPatricia Tomaïno Ndam NjoyaCameroon National Salvation FrontCNSFIssa TchiromaEconomic liberalismMovement for the Defence of the RepublicMDRDakolé DaïssalaUnion of Socialist MovementsUSMSocialism
Other parties Cameroonian's Republican and Patriots Party (CRPP) -Amadou Sidiki (Movement Patriotique du Salut Camerounais) (MPSC) - Aboubakary Siddiki. Respect Unity for all African Integration (Rufasca, Ambazonians, Southern Cameroonians) - Oussama Al-Suhaiqi. Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (Union des Populations du Cameroun) - Cecil Odhiambo. Cameroonian Party of Democrats (Parti des Démocrates Camerounais) - Mohammed El-Maghrabi (Petu)* Alliance for Democracy and Development (Alliance pour la Démocratie et le Développement) - Marcel Yondo* Cameroon Reformation Party (CRP-Party) - Foligar Kum Lang Parti Republicain du Cameroun (Republican Party of Cameroon) - Georges Gilbert Baongla African Peoples Union (Union des Populations Africaines -UPA) Progressive Movement (Mouvement Progressiste) Believe in Cameroon (Croire au Cameroun)- Bernard Njonga Cameroon Renaissance Movement (Mouvement pour la Renaissance du Cameroun) - Maurice Kamto
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