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Benin

Benin

PartialSovereign state

Benin

Primary executive

Complete

Head of government

Patrice Talon
Originalhttps://twitter.com/USAIDMarkGreen/status/1222945451017678848 · Office of USAID Administrator · Public Domain · Original

Patrice Talon

Head of government Active

Head of Government · Member

Lionel Zinsou
Original21st Annual CAF Conference · Inter-American Dialogue · CC BY-SA · Original

Lionel Zinsou

Head of government Active

Head of Government · Member

Pascal Koupaki
Originalhttps://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-075064 · European Union · CC BY · Original

Pascal Koupaki

Head of government Active

Head of Government · Member

Indexed party landscape

Parties and alliances currently indexed for this jurisdiction. Active and historical labels reflect the source dataset, not an official national register.

Partial
Tracked parties
115
Active in source
100
Historical in source
0
parties shown
100
More parties (88)

Elections

Partial

2011 Beninese parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Apr 30, 2011

Completed

2011 Beninese presidential election

Presidential election · Head of state

Mar 13, 2011

Completed

2007 Beninese parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Mar 31, 2007

Completed

2006 Beninese presidential election

Presidential election · Head of state

Mar 5, 2006

Completed

2003 Beninese parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Mar 30, 2003

Completed

1999 Beninese parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Mar 30, 1999

Completed

1995 Beninese parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Mar 28, 1995

Completed

1989 Beninese parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Jun 18, 1989

Completed

1984 Beninese parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Jun 10, 1984

Completed

1979 Beninese parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Nov 20, 1979

Completed

Candidates

Partial

Sources

4

  1. 1Inter-American Development Bank Database of Political Institutions 2023CC-BY-4.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  2. 2WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  3. 3Wikimedia CommonsCC BY 4.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  4. 4Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Political world map

Western Africa

Senegal. Primary executive: Bassirou Diomaye Faye. PartialMali. Primary executive: Assimi Goïta. PartialMauritania. Primary executive: Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. PartialBenin. Primary executive: Romuald Wadagni. PartialNiger. Primary executive: Abdourahamane Tchiani. PartialNigeria. Primary executive: Bola Ahmed Tinubu. PartialTogo. Primary executive: Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové. PartialGhana. Primary executive: John Mahama. PartialCôte d’Ivoire. Primary executive: Alassane Ouattara. PartialGuinea. Primary executive: Mamady Doumbouya. PartialGuinea-Bissau. Primary executive: Horta Inta-A Na Man. PartialLiberia. Primary executive: Joseph Boakai. PartialSierra Leone. Primary executive: Julius Maada Bio. PartialBurkina Faso. Primary executive: Ibrahim Traoré. PartialGambia. Primary executive: Adama Barrow. Partial
BeninPrimary executive: Romuald WadagniPartial
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Listed without map geometry (2)

Boundaries and names shown on this map do not imply a position by CiviOrg. Small territories without geometry remain available in the index.