Antoine Idji Kolawolé

Antoine Idji Kolawolé (born 1946 in Illikimou, near Kétou, Benin) 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.

Political career

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.[1]

Kolawolé served as First Vice-President of MADEP,[2] and in September 2005 he was designated as the party's presidential candidate for the March 2006 presidential election.[3] In the election, he took fifth place with 3.25% of the vote in the first round.[4]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly in the March 2007 parliamentary election as part of the Alliance for a Dynamic Democracy.[5] Mathurin Nago was elected by the National Assembly to succeed Kolawolé as its President on May 3, 2007.[6]

References

  1. ↑ IPU PARLINE page for 2003 parliamentary election.
  2. ↑ "Tractations pour la présidence de l’Assemblée : Vers un consensus au sein du « front anti-cauris » ?", Le Matinal, April 25, 2007 (French).
  3. ↑ Jean Sina, "Candidature du Madep pour 2006 : Idji Kolawolé soutenu par les cadres du parti", Le Matin, September 6, 2005 (French).
  4. ↑ Elections in Benin, African Elections Database.
  5. ↑ "Proclamation des résultats des élections législatives du 31 mars 2007" at the Wayback Machine (archived September 29, 2007), BeninInfo.com (French).
  6. ↑ Jean-Christophe Houngbo, "Election du bureau de l’Assemblée nationale : Comment Yayi Boni a gagné le perchoir", Le Matinal, May 4, 2007 (French).

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