The African Movement for Development and Progress (french: Mouvement africain pour la développement et le progrès, MADEP) is a

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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 ...

created in 1997. In the

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held on 30 March 2003, the party was part of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of President

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 ...

, who had won the 2001 presidential election, and won nine out of 83 seats.IPU PARLINE page for 2003 parliamentary election
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, African Elections Database. The President of MADEP is Séfou Fagbohoun, a wealthy businessman. A leading member of the party,

Antoine Kolawolé Idji Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guiana ...

, was elected President of the National Assembly in April 2003. In the

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of 5 March 2006, the party's candidate, Antoine Kolawolé Idji, took fifth place with 3.25% of the vote. In the March 2007 parliamentary election, MADEP participated in the

Alliance for a Dynamic Democracy The Alliance for a Democratic Dynamic (french: Alliance pour une Dynamique Démocratique) is an opposition alliance of Benin which contested the Beninese parliamentary election of 2007. It comprised the Social Democratic Party of Bruno Amoussou, t ...

, which won a total of 20 seats. The party has used the

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as a symbol in its campaign literature.

References

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