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Congress Of People For Progress
The Congress of People for Progress () is a political party in Benin. At the last legislative elections in Benin, on March 30, 2003, the party was a member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections. It took part in a combined list of the Movement for Development by Culture, the Party of Salvation The Party of Salvation (, PS) was a political party in Benin. History The PS was established in 1994. It contested the 1995 parliamentary elections in an alliance with the National Rally for Justice and Peace. However, the two parties failed to ... and the Congress of People for Progress, that won 2 of the 83 available seats. References Political parties in Benin Political parties with year of establishment missing {{Benin-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ideological or policy goals. Political parties have become a major part of the politics of almost every country, as modern party organizations developed and spread around the world over the last few centuries. It is extremely rare for a country to have Non-partisan democracy, no political parties. Some countries have Single-party state, only one political party while others have Multi-party system, several. Parties are important in the politics of autocracies as well as democracies, though usually democracies have more political parties than autocracies. Autocracies often have a single party that governs the country, and some political scientists consider competition between two or more parties to be an essential part of democracy. Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benin
Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its population lives on the southern coastline of the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Porto-Novo, and the seat of government is in Cotonou, the most populous city and economic capital. Benin covers an area of and its population in was estimated to be approximately million. It is a tropical nation, dependent on agriculture, and is an exporter of palm oil and cotton. Some employment and income arise from subsistence farming. The official language of Benin is French, with indigenous languages such as Fon, Bariba, Yoruba and Dendi also spoken. The largest religious group in Benin is Sunni Islam (27 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative
A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as primary legislation. In addition, legislatures may observe and steer governing actions, with authority to amend the budget involved. The members of a legislature are called legislators. In a democracy, legislators are most commonly popularly elected, although indirect election and appointment by the executive are also used, particularly for bicameral legislatures featuring an upper chamber. Terminology The name used to refer to a legislative body varies by country. Common names include: * Assembly (from ''to assemble'') * Congress (from ''to congregate'') * Council (from Latin 'meeting') * Diet (from old German 'people') * Estates or States (from old French 'condition' or 'status') * Parliament (from French ''parler'' 'to speak') By ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organisations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations. The global use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern representative democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens, where the elections were considered an oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition, also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot. Electoral reform describes the process of introducing fair electoral systems where they are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathieu Kérékou
Mathieu Kérékou (; 2 September 1933 – 14 October 2015) was a Beninese politician who served as 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 19 years, for most of that time under an officially Marxist–Leninist ideology, before he was stripped of his powers by the National Conference of 1990. He was defeated in the 1991 presidential election but was returned to the presidency in the 1996 election and controversially re-elected in 2001. Military background Kérékou was born in 1933 in Kouarfa village,"Après 29 ans de pouvoir, le Président Kérékou tire sa révérence" IRIN, 6 April 2006 . in north-west |
Movement For Development By Culture
The Movement for Development by Culture (french: Mouvement pour le Développement par la Culture) is a political party in Benin. At the 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,. It took part in a combined list of the Movement for Development by Culture, the Party of Salvation and the Congress of People for Progress The Congress of People for Progress () is a political party in Benin. At the last legislative elections in Benin, on March 30, 2003, the party was a member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou Mathieu ..., that won 2 out of 83 seats. References Political parties in Benin Political parties with year of establishment missing {{Benin-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party Of Salvation
The Party of Salvation (, PS) was a political party in Benin. History The PS was established in 1994. It contested the 1995 parliamentary elections in an alliance with the National Rally for Justice and Peace. However, the two parties failed to win a seat. The party ran alone in the 1999 elections, receiving 2.3% of the vote and winning one seat. Beikon Nestor Ezin became the party's sole MP. Constitutional Court Prior to the 2003 elections the party joined the |
Political Parties In Benin
This article lists political parties in Benin. Benin has a multi-party system. The parties Parliamentary parties Other parties *Presidential Movement (''Mouvance Presidentielle'') **Union for Future Benin or Union of Tomorrow's Benin (''Union pour le Bénin du futur'') ***Action Front for Renewal and Development (''Front d'action pour le rénouveau et le développement'', FARD-ALAFIA) ** Impulse to Progress and Democracy (''Impulsion au progrès et la démocratie'') **Alliance MDC-PS-CPP ***Movement for Development by Culture (''Mouvement pour le Développement par la Culture'') ***Party of Salvation (''Parti du Salut'') ***Congress of People for Progress (''Congrès du Peuple pour le Progrès'') ** Alliance of Progress Forces (''Alliance des Forces du Progrès'') ** Rally for Democracy and Progres (''Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Progrès'') *Amana Alliance (''Alliance Amana'') *Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin (''Forces Cauris pour un Bénin émergent'') *Union M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
