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Bonuses yayi

Thomas Boni Yayi (born July 1, 1952 in Tchaourou ) is a Beninese economist and politician . He was President of Benin from 2006 to April 2016 . From 2012 to 2013 he was chairman of the African Union . He is committed to Protestantism .

Life

Boni Yayi was born in Tchaourou, in the northeastern department of Borgou , at that time still part of the colony of French West Africa as Dahomey . Yayi received his education in the capital of the Parakou region and later at the National University of Benin. He graduated from the University of Dakar ( Senegal ) with a degree in banking with a focus on finance. He then studied at the University of Orléans in France , where he graduated in 1986. In 1991 he received his PhD in economics from the University of Paris-Dauphine .

From 1980 to 1988 Yayi worked at the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) in Dakar, where he was promoted to deputy director. He then moved to the West African Center for Banking Studies (Dakar) as Deputy Director for Development. From 1992 to 1994 he worked in the office as technical advisor to the President of Benin Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo , where he was responsible for monetary and banking policy.

In 1994 he became President of the West African Development Bank (BOAD) . For his services to West African development, he was made a knight of the French Ordre national du Mérite .

In the 2006 presidential election, Boni Yayi ran as an independent candidate. Yayi used his position as an outsider and based his political program on fighting corruption. The incumbent President, Mathieu Kérékou , was not eligible to vote because he was over the age limit of 70. In the first ballot on March 5, Yayi received the most of the 26 candidates with 32% of the vote. His greatest political adversary, Adrien Houngbédji of the Democratic Renewal Party, received just 25% of the vote. In the second ballot on March 19, Boni won with almost 75% of the votes cast. On April 6, Yayi took office as president.

In 2011 Boni Yayi was re-elected with 53.13% of the vote in the first ballot. The result of the ballot, however, was questioned by Adrien Houngbedji, who received 35.64% of the vote. Houngbedji accused Boni Yayi of electoral fraud and refused to recognize the result. The election had previously been postponed twice after the opposition complained that hundreds of thousands of names were not on the electoral roll.

At the end of January 2012, Yayi was elected chairman of the African Union. The presidency is primarily associated with representative activities and changes every year between the heads of state and government of the 54 member states of the African Union. On January 27, 2013, the Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn was elected as Yayi's successor as Chairman of the African Union. On April 6, 2016, Patrice Talon became the new President of Benin.

Web links

Commons : Yayi Boni  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fides Service - Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples ( Memento of February 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b Curriculum vitae of the Beninese President ( memento from June 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), website German Embassy Cotonou. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
  3. ↑ a b Boni Yayi wins presidential election In: Der Standard , March 18, 2011. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Thomas Hofnung: Yayi Boni en tête de la présidentielle béninoise . In: Liberation , March 13, 2006. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
  5. ^ Bénin: Thomas Yayi Boni Succède à Mathieu Kérékou In: Liberation , March 23, 2006. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
  6. ↑ Benin: Yayi Boni sworn in as the new president . In: Der Standard , April 11, 2006. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
  7. ↑ David Smith: Benin opposition leader rejects election result and claims presidency . In: The Guardian , March 22, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
  8. ↑ Thomas Boni Yayi is the new chairman of the African Union . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , January 29, 2012. Accessed on January 29, 2012. "The heads of state and government of the 54 AU member states have elected Benin's head of state Thomas Boni Yayi as their new chairman."
  9. ^ Head of State of Benin new chairman of the African Union . In: Der Standard , January 29, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Yayi, bonuses
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yayi, Thomas Boni (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Benin economist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Tchaourou