Antoine Idji Kolawolé

Antoine Idji Kolawolé (born 1946) is a Beninese politician. He was the minister of foreign affairs of Benin from 1998 to 2003 and the President of the National Assembly from 2003 to 2007.[1]

Political career

Kolawolé was born in 1946 in Illikimou, near Kétou, Benin. Under President Mathieu Kérékou, Kolawolé served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from May 1998 to May 2003, when he resigned. In the March 2003 parliamentary election, his party, the African Movement for Development and Progress (MADEP), participated in the Presidential Movement, which supported Kérékou, and Kolawolé was elected as President of the National Assembly on April 25, 2003.[2]

Kolawolé served as First Vice-President of MADEP,[3] and in September 2005 he was designated as the party's presidential candidate for the March 2006 presidential election.[4] In the election, he took fifth place with 3.25% of the vote in the first round.[5]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly in the March 2007 parliamentary election as part of the Alliance for a Dynamic Democracy.[6] Mathurin Nago was elected by the National Assembly to succeed Kolawolé as its President on May 3, 2007.[7]

In the April 2015 parliamentary election, he was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of the Union Makes the Nation coalition in the 21st constituency.[8]

References

  1. ^ Historie du Parlement Beninois assemblee-nationale.bj (in French) October 2017
  2. ^ IPU PARLINE page for 2003 parliamentary election.
  3. ^ "Tractations pour la présidence de l’Assemblée : Vers un consensus au sein du « front anti-cauris » ?", Le Matinal, April 25, 2007 (in French). "BENIN". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Jean Sina, "Candidature du Madep pour 2006 : Idji Kolawolé soutenu par les cadres du parti" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Le Matin, 6 September 2005 (in French).
  5. ^ Elections in Benin, African Elections Database.
  6. ^ "Proclamation des résultats des élections législatives du 31 mars 2007". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2007., BeninInfo.com (in French).
  7. ^ Jean-Christophe Houngbo, "Election du bureau de l’Assemblée nationale : Comment Yayi Boni a gagné le perchoir", Le Matinal, May 4, 2007 (in French). "BENIN". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2007.
  8. ^ Yao Hervé Kingbêwé, "Législatives : liste complète des 83 députés selon la CENA", La Nouvelle Tribune, 2 May 2015 (in French).


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