The United Democratic Forces (french: Forces Démocratiques Unies, FDU) 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 ...

led by

Mathurin Nago Mathurin Coffi Nago is a Beninese politician who was President of the National Assembly of Benin from 2007 to 2015. Previously he was Minister of Higher Education and Vocational Training from 2006 to 2007. Political career As a candidate of the Un ...

History

In response to president

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's potential constitution change to allow him to run for a third term, Nago left the

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. The FDU was established on 9 February 2015 as an alliance of the Union for Progress and Democracy,

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, the Party for Progress and Democracy and the

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, all of which had previously been part of the

. The alliance won four seats in the 2015 parliamentary elections.Les FCBE arrivent en tête du scrutin législatif avec 32 sièges
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References

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