Mathurin Nago
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Mathurin Coffi Nago is a Benin
ese politician who has been the President of the National Assembly of Benin
since 2007. He is also President of the Union for Progress and Democracy (UPD-Gamesu), and he was Minister of Higher Education and Vocational Training from 2006 to 2007.
As a candidate of the Union for Democracy and National Solidarity
, Nago was elected to the National Assembly in the 1995 parliamentary election
. He served in the National Assembly until the end of the parliamentary term in 1999, and during that period he was a member of the National Assembly's Commission of Planning, Equipment and Production. He has also been Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of Benin. He became Minister of Higher Education and Vocational Training in April 2006 as part of President Yayi Boni
's first government. He participated in the Cauris Force for an Emerging Benin (FCBE), which backs Boni, in the March 2007 parliamentary election
, and was elected to a seat. Afterwards, he was elected by the National Assembly to be its president in a vote on May 3, 2007; he took 45 votes against 34 for Bruno Amoussou
. Nago had one month to choose between his position as a minister and his National Assembly seat, and on May 22 Nago resigned from the government, along with four other ministers who had been elected to the National Assembly, as they had been instructed to do by Boni.
Nago was elected President of the UPD-Gamesu at its first ordinary congress on August 18, 2007.
Re-elected to the National Assembly in the March 2011 parliamentary election
as a candidate of the FCBE, Nago was then re-elected as President of the National Assembly on 21 May 2011. There were 60 votes in favor of his candidacy, two against, and two abstentions.
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...
ese politician who has been the President of the National Assembly of Benin
National Assembly of Benin
The unicameral National Assembly of Benin is the country's legislative body.The current National Assembly has 83 members who are directly elected through a system of party-list proportional representation and serve five-year terms.-See also:...
since 2007. He is also President of the Union for Progress and Democracy (UPD-Gamesu), and he was Minister of Higher Education and Vocational Training from 2006 to 2007.
As a candidate of the Union for Democracy and National Solidarity
Union for Democracy and National Solidarity
The Union for Democracy and National Solidarity is an oppositional political party in Benin, part of the Star Alliance.In the parliamentary election held on 30 March 2003, the Star Alliance won 3 out of 83 seats. The party's president, Sacca Lafia, was its candidate in the March 2001 presidential...
, Nago was elected to the National Assembly in the 1995 parliamentary election
Beninese parliamentary election, 1995
Elections for the National Assembly were held in Benin on 28 March 1995. Voting for 13 seats was re-run on 28 May after the Supreme Court had invalidated the results due to irregularities. Voter turnout was 75.8%.-Results:...
. He served in the National Assembly until the end of the parliamentary term in 1999, and during that period he was a member of the National Assembly's Commission of Planning, Equipment and Production. He has also been Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of Benin. He became Minister of Higher Education and Vocational Training in April 2006 as part of President Yayi Boni
Yayi Boni
Dr. Thomas Yayi Boni , a Beninese banker and politician, is the current President of Benin. He took office on 6 April 2006 after winning elections held in the previous month.-Biography:...
's first government. He participated in the Cauris Force for an Emerging Benin (FCBE), which backs Boni, in the March 2007 parliamentary election
Beninese parliamentary election, 2007
A parliamentary election was held in Benin on 31 March 2007, having been delayed from an earlier date of 25 March due to difficulties in organizing it. 26 political parties and alliances took part in the election...
, and was elected to a seat. Afterwards, he was elected by the National Assembly to be its president in a vote on May 3, 2007; he took 45 votes against 34 for Bruno Amoussou
Bruno Amoussou
Bruno Ange-Marie Amoussou is a Beninese politician and President of the Social Democratic Party . He was the President of the National Assembly from April 1995 to April 1999 and Minister of State in charge of Planning and Prospective Development under President Mathieu Kérékou from 1999 to 2005;...
. Nago had one month to choose between his position as a minister and his National Assembly seat, and on May 22 Nago resigned from the government, along with four other ministers who had been elected to the National Assembly, as they had been instructed to do by Boni.
Nago was elected President of the UPD-Gamesu at its first ordinary congress on August 18, 2007.
Re-elected to the National Assembly in the March 2011 parliamentary election
Beninese parliamentary election, 2011
A parliamentary election was held in Benin on 30 April 2011, delayed from 17 April 2011. Turnout was reportedly rather low. The election saw a 6-seat increase for the Cauri Forces for an Emerging Benin, composed of allies of the president Yayi Boni, which took nearly half the parliamentary seats...
as a candidate of the FCBE, Nago was then re-elected as President of the National Assembly on 21 May 2011. There were 60 votes in favor of his candidacy, two against, and two abstentions.