The National Forum of Civil and Civic Awakening (, FONEC) was a

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 ...

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 ...

History

FONEC was established in late 1995.Interview with FONEC president Yacoubou Touré
Jolome, 24 June 2009 In the 1996 presidential elections it supported the victorious candidate

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 ...

. The party subsequently joined the Suru Alliance to contest the 1999 parliamentary elections, alongside the

Union for Democracy and National Reconstruction The Union for Democracy and National Reconstruction (french: Union pour la Démocratie et la Reconstruction Nationale, UDRN) was a political party in Benin led by Azaria Fakorede. History The UDRN contested the 1991 elections as part of three-pa ...

(UDRN), the

Forum for Democracy, Development and Morality The Forum for Democracy, Development and Morality (french: Forum pour la Démocratie, le Développement el la Moralité, FDDM) was a political party in Benin. History The party contested the 1995 parliamentary elections as part of the "New Gener ...

(FDDM) and the Union for Homeland and Progress (UPP). The alliance received 1.5% of the vote, winning a single seat taken by the UPP's Gado Girigissou.Proclamation of the definitive results of the legislative elections of 30 March 1999
Constitutional Court It was part of the

Union for Future Benin The Union for Future Benin () was an electoral alliance in Benin. In the legislative elections held on 30 March 2003, the party was member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presiden ...

for the 2003 elections.

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Defunct political parties in Benin Political parties established in 1995 {{Benin-party-stub