Lazare Maurice Sèhouéto (born April 18, 1963) is a

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 ...

ese politician. Under President

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 served as Minister of Commerce, Industry, Community Development, and the Promotion of Employment from May 2001 to June 2003, and as Minister of Agriculture, Husbandry, and Fishing from June 2003 to February 2005. He was one of five

Force Clé The Key Force (french: Force clé) was a political alliance in Benin. History The alliance was formed prior to the parliamentary election, and consisted of the Movement for the People's Alternative, the 30th April Movement and some other polit ...

candidates elected to the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the r ...

in the March 2003 parliamentary election. He was the candidate of the

Movement for the People's Alternative The Movement for the People's Alternative (''Mouvement pour une Alternative du Peuple'') is a political party of Benin led by Lazare Sèhouéto. The party won at the presidential election A presidential election is the election of any head o ...

in the March 2006 presidential election, taking sixth place with 2.04% of the vote. In the 2007 parliamentary election he was one of four Force Clé candidates to be elected."Proclamation des résultats des élections législatives du 31 mars 2007"
BeninInfo.com .

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Members of the National Assembly (Benin) Living people Government ministers of Benin Key Force politicians Movement for the People's Alternative politicians 1963 births Candidates for President of Benin {{benin-politician-stub