The Action Front for Renewal and Development () is a

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founded in 1994. It is the party

Mathieu Kérékou Mathieu Kérékou (; 2 September 1933 – 14 October 2015) was a Beninese politician who served as president of the People's Republic of Benin from 1972 to 1991 and the Benin, Republic of Benin from 1996 to 2006. After seizing power in a milita ...

belonged to during his second presidency, which lasted from 1996 to 2006.Agnès Oladoun Badou
"Partis Politiques et Stratégies Électorales à Parakou"
, Department of Anthropology and African Studies,

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, 2003 . Kérékou stood as party's candidate in the

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of March 4 and 18 March 2001, winning 45.4% of the popular vote in the first round and 84.1% in the second round. The second round was boycotted by the main contenders. In February 2004,

Daniel Tawéma Daniel Tawéma (born December 31, 1947
, Tawéma campaign site .) is a Beninese politician. During the regime of M ...

, who was then Minister of the Interior, was elected as the party's secretary general, succeeding Jerome Sacca Kina Guezere."Le ministre de l'Intérieur élu à la tête du Parti"
, '' UPF'' (presse-francophonie.org), February 24, 2004 . In the

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held on 30 March 2003, the party was member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of Kérékou's supporters. It established inside this Movement the Union for Future Benin, that won 31 out of 83 seats. FARD's candidate in the March 2006 presidential election was Daniel Tawéma, who took 0.60% of the vote.

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