Benin Politics : CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS IN BENIN SINCE FEBRUARY 1990

February 1990: Suspension of the Constitution

February 1990: Organization of the Conference of Active Forces of the Nation in Cotonou

March 1990: Creation of the High Council for the Republic (HCR)

March 12, 1990: Nicéphore SOGLO was appointed Prime Minister of Benin by the HCR

December 1990: Adoption by referendum of the proposed new constitution establishing a presidential system an

a multiparty system

February 02, 1991: Organization of the first legislative elections of the democratic era

March 24, 1991: Nicéphore SOGLO won the first presidential elections in the democratic era

June 07, 1993: Installation of the Constitutional Court

January 1994: devaluation at 50% of the CFA franc

March 28, 1995: Organization of the 2^nd general election

March 18, 1996: Mathieu KEREKOU won the second round of the presidential elections

June 07, 1998: Installation of the new Constitutional Court

March 30, 1999: 3^rd legislative elections

December 19, 2000: Adoption of two new electoral laws

February 15, 2001: Installation of the High Court of Justice

March 4, 2001: Organization of the first round of the 3^rd presidential elections

March 22, 2001: Organization of the second round of the 3^rd presidential elections won by Mathieu KEREKOU

reelected as President of the Republic

April 05, 2001: Swearing in of newly elected President, Mathieu KEREKOU

December 15, 2002: Organization of the first communal elections of the democratic era, after the Conference of the

Active Forces of the Nation in 1990

March 05, 2006: Organization of the first round of the 4^th presidential election

March 19, 2006: Organization of the second round of the 4^th presidential election won by Boni YAYI

April 06, 2006: Swearing in of newly elected President, Dr. Boni YAYI

Alfred Cossi CHODATON

alf2chod@yahoo.fr