Presidential elections were held in Benin on 5 March 2006. Long-term president Mathieu Kérékou, who had led the country for all but five years since 1972, was barred from running for a third term. The
Yayi Boni
Adrien Houngbédji, President of the Beninese National Assembly, March 2019
Members of the National Autonomous Electoral Commission (CENA) are counting the votes after the second round on 19 March 2006
Civil Society members offer their own transportation means to carry and safeguard the transparent ballot boxes from the polling stations to the electoral commission offices.
Thomas Boni Yayi
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Thomas Boni Yayi is a Beninese banker and politician who was the president of Benin from 2006 to 2016. He took office after winning the March 2006 presidential election and was re-elected to a second
2006 Beninese presidential election
…common for African presidential elections. Since no candidate won a majority, a second round was held between the two leading candidates on 19 March; Thomas Boni Yayi won the election and took office in April. A total of 33 candidate applications were registered with the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA…
President Boni taking the oath of office, 2006
Raymond Gilpin, Mahamadou Issoufou, Alpha Conde, Tara Sonenshine, Alassane Ouattara, Boni Yayi, and David Smock in 2011
Boni Yayi with Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, August 2007