Mathurin Nago

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Mathurin Coffi Nago is a Beninese politician, the President of the National Assembly of Benin and the President of the Union for Progress and Democracy (UPD-Gamesu).[1] He was Minister of Higher Education and Vocational Training from 2006 to 2007.

Nago served in the National Assembly from 1995 to 1999 and was a member of the Commission of Planning, Equipment and Production during that period. He has also been Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of Benin. He became Minister of Higher Education and Vocational Training in April 2006 as part of President Yayi Boni's first government.[2] He participated in the Cauris Force for an Emerging Benin, which backs Boni, in the March 2007 parliamentary election,[3][4] and was elected to a seat.[4] Afterwards, he was elected by the National Assembly to be its president in a vote on May 3, 2007; he took 45 votes against 34 for Bruno Amoussou.[3][5] Nago had one month to choose between his position as a minister and his National Assembly seat, and on May 22 Nago resigned from the government, along with four other ministers who had been elected to the National Assembly, as they had been instructed to do by Boni.[6][7]

Nago was elected President of the UPD-Gamesu at its first ordinary congress on August 18, 2007.[1][8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Réunion avec les populations de Bopa:Le président Nago triomphalement accueilli", Le Matinal (sonangnon.net), September 3, 2007 (French).
  2. ^ "Le gouvernement du Bénin, formé le 07 avril 2006", Afrique-express.com (French).
  3. ^ a b "Mathurin Nago becomes Benin’s Speaker of Parliament", African Press Agency, May 3, 2007.
  4. ^ a b "Proclamation des résultats des élections législatives du 31 mars 2007", BeninInfo.com (French).
  5. ^ "Election du bureau de l’Assemblée nationale : Comment Yayi Boni a gagné le perchoir", Le Matinal (africatime.com), May 4, 2007 (French).
  6. ^ Fidèle H. Nanga, "Pour siéger à l’Assemblée nationale : Cinq ministres démissionnent du gouvernement", Le Matinal (sonangnon.net), May 23, 2007 (French).
  7. ^ "Benin : 5 cabinet ministers resign to become MPs", African Press Agency, May 23, 2007.
  8. ^ "Bénin: Mathurin Nago prend les rênes de l'Upd-Gamesu", Fraternité (allAfrica.com), August 20, 2007 (French).
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