Daniel Tawéma

Daniel Tawéma (born December 31, 1947^[1]) is a Beninese politician. During the regime of Mathieu Kérékou, he became Deputy Director of the Civil Cabinet in April 1979^[1] and served as Director of the Cabinet from 1983 to 1989. From August 1989 to March 1990, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.^[1][2] Tawéma was a member of the National Assembly of Benin from 1991 to 1995.^[1] He was a founding member of the Action Front for Renewal and Development (FARD-Alafia) in 1994.^[3] During Kérékou's second period in office, Tawéma was Minister of the Interior from 1998 to February 2005^[4] (Minister of the Interior, Security, and Territorial Administration from 1998 to 2001, and Minister of the Interior, Security, and Decentralization from 2001 to 2005).^[1] In February 2004, he was elected as the secretary general of FARD-Alafia, succeeding Jerome Sacca Kina Guezere.^[5] In December 2005, Tawéma was designated as his party's candidate for the March 2006 presidential election.^[6][7] In the election, he received 12th place and 0.60% of the vote.^[8]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Qui Est Daniel Tawema", Tawéma campaign site (French).
2. ^ "Gros Plan Sur Kerekou: (Août 1998)", afriquepluriel.ruwenzori.net (French).
3. ^ Agnès Oladoun Badou, "Partis Politiques et Strategies Electoreles a Parakou", Department of Anthropology and African Studies, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 2003 (French).
4. ^ Page on 2006 presidential candidates, sonangnon.net (French).
5. ^ "Le ministre de l'Intérieur élu à la tête du Parti", UPF (presse-francophonie.org), February 24, 2004 (French).
6. ^ Abdoulaye Soumana,"Présidentielle de mars 2006 : Daniel Tawéma investi candidat du Fard-Alafia", Le Matin (sonangnon.net), December 5, 2005 (French).
7. ^ Blaise Tossou, "Election présidentielle de 2006 : Trois ministres de Kérékou soutiennent Tawéma ( Le candidat du Fard investi avant le 15 décembre)", Le Matin (sonangnon.net), December 6, 2005 (French).
8. ^ Elections in Benin, African Elections Database.

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Name	Tawema, Daniel
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