Zul Kifl Salami is a politician from

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 nort ...

. He was a minister in the PRPB government. He holds a doctorate in

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

.BBCAfrique.com , Présidentielle 2006 au Bénin
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Islamic Development Bank The Islamic Development Bank ( ar, البنك الإسلامي للتنمية, abbreviated as IsDB) is a multilateral development finance institution that is focused on Islamic finance for infrastructure development and located in Jeddah, Saudi ...

Executive Director in 2003 on a three-year term, with responsibility for:

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, Benin,

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, Syria, Palestine and

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. On February 4, 2005 he was appointed Minister of State in charge of Planning and Development in the new cabinet of

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 ...

. He held the position until April 2006. Salami stood as an independent candidate in the 2006 presidential election. He received 8,538 votes (0.28%).Elections in Benin
African Elections Database. He is the chairman of the ''Banque Islamique du Bénin''.

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