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In September 2021, Patrice Talon and Thomas Boni Yayi, political allies who have become intimate enemies, met at the Marina Palace in Cotonou. During this tĂȘte-Ă -tĂȘte, Thomas Boni Yayi presented Patrice Talon with a series of proposals and requests, relating in particular to the release of "political
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A new voter system in the country was widely criticized by the opposition, and with the assistance of international organizations, Boni agreed to a two-week delay in the 2011 presidential election. The result of the election, deemed free and fair by international election monitors, was a victory for
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who received 25 percent. In the runoff between Boni and Houngbédji on 19 March 2006, Boni won with almost 75% of the vote. He took office on 6 April 2006. The 2006 election saw high voter turnout and was considered free and fair by independent election
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that took the savings of 100,000 people in Benin. While they did not get the required two-thirds majority to remove Boni from power, the opposition agreed to organize around Houngbédji in the
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While some argue that Yayi's government was being targeted because of its fight against corruption, others argue that he used the criminal justice system to silence opposition and media.
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In 2013, Benin authorities claimed to have foiled a coup. In February, Colonel Pamphile Zomahoun and businessman Johannes Dagnon blocked Yayi while returning from a trip from an
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On 15 March 2007, Yayi Boni survived an ambush on his convoy near the village of Ikemon while returning from an election campaign rally in the town Ouesse for the upcoming
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At the end of his education, Boni began a long career in banking. From 1975 until 1979 he worked at the Benin Commercial Bank before moving to work at the
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Having served two terms in office, Yayi Boni was constitutionally required to step down in 2016. His preferred successor, Prime Minister
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reported that the president's doctor, niece, and former commerce minister had been arrested in a plot to poison the president.
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Boni on the first round with 53.8% of the vote. Houngbédji, who received 36%, challenged the election and took the case to the
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that followed. To date, Boni is the only person since the restoration of democracy to win the presidency in a single round.
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Boni stood as one of 26 candidates in the March 2006 presidential election. The sitting president,
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Soon after leaving office, he headed the African Union's observer mission for the
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before moving on to earn a master's degree in economics at the
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in his own right, both Boni Yayi and his wife were awarded
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Originally from a Muslim family, Boni Yayi is now an
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from 2006 to 2016. He took office after winning the
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Index

Boni Yayi

President of Benin
Pascal Koupaki
Lionel Zinsou
Mathieu Kérékou
Patrice Talon
Chairperson of the African Union
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Hailemariam Desalegn
Tchaourou
Dahomey
Benin
Independent
Chantal de Souza
Marcel Alain de Souza
Alma mater
National University of Benin
Cheikh Anta Diop University
University of Orléans
Paris Dauphine University
Beninese
president of Benin
March 2006 presidential election
March 2011
chairperson
African Union
Tchaourou
Borgou Department
French colony of Dahomey

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