Sévérin Adjovi is a

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ese politician and leader of the

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(RDL-Vivoten),Page on 2006 presidential election
, sonangnon.net. as well as a businessman. Adjovi was a candidate in the March 1991 presidential election, receiving seventh place and 2.61% of the vote. He was Minister of Defense from 1996 to 1998, Minister of Culture and Communication from 1998 to 1999, and Minister of Trade, Crafts, and Tourism from 1999 to 2001. Adjovi ran in the December 2002 municipal election in

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, Benin's largest city, as a candidate of the pro-government Movement, but he was defeated by former President

Nicéphore Soglo Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo (born November 29, 1934) is a Beninese politician who was Prime Minister of Benin from 1990 to 1991 and President from 1991 to 1996. He was Mayor of Cotonou from 2003 to 2015. Soglo was married to Rosine Vieyra Soglo, ...

in the election for Cotonou's 12th

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. He congratulated Soglo on his victory. On January 14, 2006, he was designated as the RDL-Vivoten candidate for the March 2006 presidential election."Séverin Adjovi, candidat à la présidentielle"
Panapress (Jeuneafrique.com), January 14, 2006 . In the election, he took seventh place with 1.78% of the vote.

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