# Biya promulgates restoration of an appointive vice-president; no deputy is named

Date: 2026

## The fact

On 15 April 2026 President Biya promulgated a constitutional amendment restoring an appointive vice-president who would finish the term if the president dies, resigns, or is incapacitated. Parliament had voted in early April. AFP Fact Check recorded the 15 April promulgation and recorded that circulating decrees naming Franck Emmanuel Biya vice-president and head of the armed forces were fake.

## Context

He proposed and signed the change. He has not, on the AFP record, appointed anyone. This run does not mint a page for him.

early April Assembly vote; 15 April promulgation; false 4 April Franck decree. Stored as one 2026 statute Fact. Keep Biya promulgates restoration of an appointive vice-president; no deputy is named on 2026-04-15 separate from neighbouring Biya instruments.

The president of Cameroon is head of state and commander-in-chief. He promulgates laws the [National Assembly](/organizations/national-assembly) has passed and is proclaimed by the Constitutional Council. He does not write Human Rights Watch reports, OHCHR mission annexes, Access Now filings, or AFP fact-checks.

## Evidence and sources

Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon carries the official instrument or communique. AFP Fact Check records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is [capacity for peaceful transfer of power](/drivers/capacity-for-peaceful-transfer-of-power): a completed appointive-deputy statute that still names no deputy.

## What is established and what is not

Established: AFP recorded promulgation on 15 April 2026 and recorded the Franck-as-VP decree as false.

Not established: A gazetted appointment of Franck Biya, or that the statute itself completed a dynastic handover.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Parliament voted. He has not, on this record, named the deputy. Sharing speculation is not a reason to drop the statute or to invent an appointment.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Biya promulgates restoration of an appointive vice-president; no deputy is named, not a later speech about Biya promulgates restoration of an appointive vice-president; no deputy is named.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Biya promulgates restoration of an appointive vice-president; no deputy is named on 2026-04-15 is not a licence to treat every later Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Biya promulgates restoration of an appointive vice-president; no deputy is named into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He promulgated. Parliament voted. He has not, on this record, named the deputy. Sharing speculation is not a reason to drop the statute or to invent an appointment. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Paul Biya: https://factrail.ai/people/paul-biya

## Drivers

- Biya Anglophone crisis and succession: https://factrail.ai/drivers/biya-anglophone-crisis-and-succession
- Capacity for Peaceful Transfer of Power: https://factrail.ai/drivers/capacity-for-peaceful-transfer-of-power

## Sources

- https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.A82N863
- https://www.prc.cm/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/cm-vice-president-law-2026