Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Benin

Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Benin (in French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

: Parti communiste marxiste-léniniste du Bénin) is a communist political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

in Benin

Benin

Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...

led by Magloire Yansunnu. PCMLB was founded in Cotonou

Cotonou

-Demographics:*1979: 320,348 *1992: 536,827 *2002: 665,100 *2005: 690,584 The main languages spoken in Cotonou include the Fon language, Aja language, Yoruba language and French.-Transport:...

1999. Yansunnu had been expelled from the Communist Party of Benin

Communist Party of Benin

The Communist Party of Benin is a political party in Benin. PCB was founded in 1977 by the Union of Communists of Dahomey. The party was initially called Communist Party of Dahomey . The first secretary of the party is Pascal Fantodji...

in 1998 following an internal crisis in that party.

PCMLB was the 112th political party to be legally registered in Benin.

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