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Benin Government 1996
republic under multiparty democratic rule dropped Marxism-Leninism December
1989; democratic reforms adopted February 1990; transition to multiparty
system completed 4 April 1991
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Administrative divisions:
6 provinces; Atakora, Atlantique, Borgou, Mono, Oueme, Zou
1 August 1960 (from France)
National Day, 1 August (1990)
based on French civil law and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
18 years of age; universal
chief of state and head of government:
President Nicephore SOGLO (since 4 April 1991); election last held 10 and 24
March 1991 (next election 1996); results - Nicephore SOGLO 68%, Mathieu
KEREKOU 32%
Executive Council; appointed by the president
National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale):
elections last held 28 March 1995; results - percent of vote by party NA;
seats - (83 total) Renaissance Party and allies 20, PRD 19, FARD-ALAFIA 10,
PSD 7, NCC 3, RDL-VIVOTEN 3, Communist Party 2, Alliance Chameleon 1, RDP 1,
ADP 1, other 16
Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)
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Political parties and leaders:
as of August 1994, 72 political parties were officially recognized; the
following are among the most important: Alliance of the Democratic Union for
the Forces of Progress (UDFP), Timothee ADANLIN; Movement for Democracy and
Social Progress (MDPS), Jean-Roger AHOYO; Union for Liberty and Development
(ULD), Marcellin DEGBE; Alliance of the National Party for Democracy and
Development (PNDD) and the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD), Pascal Chabi KAO;
Alliance of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the National Union for
Solidarity and Progress (UNSP), Bruno AMOUSSOU; Our Common Cause (NCC),
Albert TEVOEDJRE; National Rally for Democracy (RND), Joseph KEKE; Alliance
of the National Movement for Democracy and Development (MNDD), leader NA;
Movement for Solidarity, Union, and Progress (MSUP), Adebo ADENIYI; Union
for Democracy and National Reconstruction (UDRN), Azaria FAKOREDE; Union for
Democracy and National Solidarity (UDS), Mama Amadou N'DIAYE; Assembly of
Liberal Democrats for National Reconstruction (RDL), Severin ADJOVI;
Alliance for Social Democracy (ASD), Robert DOSSOU; Bloc for Social
Democracy (BSD), Michel MAGNIDE; Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ADP),
Akindes ADEKPEDJOU, and the Democratic Union for Social Renewal (UDRS), Bio
Gado Seko N'GOYE; National Union for Democracy and Progress (UNDP), Robert
TAGNON; Party for Progress and Democracy, Thiophile NATA; FARD-ALAFIA,
Mathieu KEREKOU; The Renaissance Party, Nicephore SOGLO; The Patriotic Union
for the Republic (UPR), Jean-Marie ZAHOUN; Union for the Conservation of
Democracy, Bernard HOUEGNON
ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CEAO, ECA, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, GATT, IBRD,
ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT,
INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WADB,
WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Diplomatic representation in US:
Ambassador Lucien Edgar TONOUKOUIN
2737 Cathedral Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
[1] (202) 232-6656, 6657, 6658
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US diplomatic representation:
Rue Caporal Bernard Anani, Cotonou
[229] 30-06-50, 30-05-13, 30-17-92
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