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| Co-president 2001-2003 | | FR | |
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| Date and place of birth: | 5 March 1942 in Aprahoué |
| Marital status: | married; seven children |
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| EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS |
| June 1961: | Secondary school leaving diploma (philosophy section), Lycée Victor Ballot, Porto-Novo |
| June 1963: | Diploma, Institut d'Administration Publique, Paris |
| June 1965: | Master's degree in private law, University of Paris |
| June 1966: | Postgraduate diploma in private law |
| June 1967: | Diploma, École Nationale de Magistrature, Paris, graduating first in his year |
| September 1967: | Doctorate in law, Faculty of Law, University of Paris; thesis highly commended by the award panel for the faculty's 'Prix de Thèse Louis Millot' |
| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
| December 1967: | Judge at the Cotonou Regional Court |
| January 1968: | Public Prosecutor, Cotonou |
| 1968 - 1975: | Lawyer at the Cotonou Court of Appeal |
| 1976 - 1989: | Lawyer at the Gabon Supreme Court |
| 1983 - 1987: | Member of the Bar Association Council |
| June 1991-June 1995: | Speaker of the National Assembly of Benin |
| 1991 - 1993: | Vice-President of the ACP-EEC Joint Assembly, with responsibility for human rights |
| 1994 - 1995: | 1st Vice-President of International Assembly of French-Speaking Parliaments (AIPLF) |
| 1994: | Made Commander of the 'Ordre de la Pléiade' |
| April 1996: | Prime Minister, with responsibility for coordinating government activities and relations with the institutions |
| April 1997: | Simultaneously Government Spokesman |
| April 1999: | Speaker of the National Assembly of Benin |
| 29 April 1999: | Made Grand Officer of the 'Ordre National du Bénin' |
| 27 August 1999: | Awarded the 'Grand Croix de l'Ordre National du Bénin' |
| October 2001: | Co-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly |
| January 2003: | City Councillor, Porto-Novo |
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| Website : | National Assembly of Benin |
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