Union for Future Benin
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The Union for Future Benin is an electoral alliance in Benin
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At the last legislative elections
, 30 March 2003, the party was member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou
, who had won the 2001 presidential elections, and won 31 out of 83 seats. The most important of the member parties are the Action Front for Renewal and Development
(Front d'action pour le rénouveau et le développement) and the Social Democratic Party
(Parti Social-Démocrate).
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...
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At the last legislative elections
Elections in Benin
Benin elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The National Assembly has 83 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation.Benin has a multi-party system, which means that there...
, 30 March 2003, the party was member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou
Mathieu Kérékou
Mathieu Kérékou, was President of Benin from 1972 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2006. After seizing power in a military coup, he ruled the country for 17 years, for most of that time under an officially Marxist-Leninist ideology, before he was stripped of his powers by the National Conference of...
, who had won the 2001 presidential elections, and won 31 out of 83 seats. The most important of the member parties are the Action Front for Renewal and Development
Action Front for Renewal and Development
The Action Front for Renewal and Development is an political party in Benin.FARD-Alafia was founded in 1994 and supported the candidacy of Mathieu Kérékou in the 1996 presidential election. Kérékou stood as party's candidate in the presidential election of March 4 and 18 March 2001, winning 45.4%...
(Front d'action pour le rénouveau et le développement) and the Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party (Benin)
The Social Democratic Party is a political party in Benin.The PSD was founded in 1990. Running together with the National Union for Solidarity and Progress in the February 1991 parliamentary election, the PSD won 9.8% of the vote and eight out of 64 seats in the National Assembly.The PSD's first...
(Parti Social-Démocrate).