Antoine Idji Kolawolé

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.

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. [ [http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2033_03.htm IPU PARLINE page for 2003 parliamentary election] .]

Kolawolé holds the position of First Vice-President of MADEP, [ [http://www.africatime.com/benin/nouvelle.asp?no_nouvelle=322977&no_categorie= "Tractations pour la présidence de l’Assemblée : Vers un consensus au sein du « front anti-cauris » ?"] , "Le Matinal" (africatime.com), April 25, 2007 fr icon.] and in September 2005 he was designated as the party's presidential candidate for the March 2006 presidential election. [Jean Sina, [http://www.sonangnon.net/actualites/2005/septembre/intmatin0609_2.php "Candidature du Madep pour 2006 : Idji Kolawolé soutenu par les cadres du parti"] , "Le Matin" (sonangnon.net), September 6, 2005 fr icon.] In the election, he took fifth place with 3.25% of the vote in the first round. [ [http://africanelections.tripod.com/bj.html Elections in Benin] , African Elections Database.]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly in the March 2007 parliamentary election as part of the Alliance for a Dynamic Democracy. [ [http://www.benininfo.com/100402.htm "Proclamation des résultats des élections législatives du 31 mars 2007"] , BeninInfo.com fr icon.] Mathurin Nago was elected by the National Assembly to succeed Kolawolé as its President on May 3, 2007. [Jean-Christophe Houngbo, [http://www.africatime.com/Benin/nouvelle.asp?no_nouvelle=324513&no_categorie= "Election du bureau de l’Assemblée nationale : Comment Yayi Boni a gagné le perchoir"] , "Le Matinal" (africatime.com), May 4, 2007 fr icon.]

References

External links

* [http://www.circa-uk.demon.co.uk/xpage38.html Foreign Affairs and Co-operation] , January 1, 2001
* [http://rulers.org/2003-05.html Resignation]
* [http://www.sonangnon.net/vote2006.php Spécial Présidentielles 2006] fr icon
* [http://www.spcm.org/Journal/article.php3?id_article=1367 Presidentals]


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