The RDPC source said that either Biya's first son Emmanuel Franck Biya  or Secretary-General Ngoh Ngoh  would take the post...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     RDPC sources tell Africa Confidential that his eldest son Franck Emmanuel Biya may step up  though Secretary-General at the Presidency Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh would be a more competent replacement...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The plan to put his son Franck Biya on the ballot is still seen as an option  but Biya seems to prefer staying on ahead of the elections...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Ngoh Ngoh's most dangerous rival is Franck Biya  the President's son  who is one of two or three champions of the Bulu heritage bloc's cause...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
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            - RUSSIA
- AFRICA
	     Biya brought to St Petersburg his wife Chantal Biya  his would-be successor  his son Franck Biya  and nine ministers...
	 
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	     Other potential candidates include Franck Biya  the president's son  who until recently showed little interest (AC Vol 54 No 2  Après Biya fears)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     His son Franck Biya is well known to have no interest in following in his father's footsteps...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Still a subject of gossip is the presidential son  the studiously apolitical Franck Emmanuel Biya...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Franck Emmanuel Biya was   not on it  indicating that he must have finally rejected all his father’s blandishments to inherit the family business (AC Vol 54 No 2  Aprés Biya blues & Family bonds)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The activities of Biya’s son  Franck Biya  also attract criticism (see Box  Family bonds)...