Gatien Houngbédji

Gatien Houngbédji (born December 18 1949 [http://www.sonangnon.net/vote2006.php Page on 2006 presidential candidates] , sonangnon.net fr.] [http://www.h2com.com/electionbenin/ha.Gatien.HOUNGBEDJI.2.htm Profile of Houngbédji] , h2com.com fr.] ) is a Beninese politician and the president of the Union for Economic and Social Development (UDES). [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/jeune_afrique/article_depeche.asp?art_cle=PAN60026gatieelleit0 "Gatien Houngbédji, officiellement candidat à la présidentielle"] , Panapress (Jeuneafrique.com), January 11, 2006 fr.] Under President Mathieu Kérékou, he was Minister of Trade, Craft Industry, and Tourism from April 1996 to May 1998. He unsuccessfully ran for the office of President of Benin as the candidate of UDES in the March 1991 presidential election, in which he received 0.89% of the vote (11th place). He also ran as the UDES candidate in the March 2001 presidential election, in which he received 0.33% of the vote (14th place). [http://africanelections.tripod.com/bj.html Elections in Benin] , African Elections Database.] In January 2006, he was again designated as the UDES candidate for the March 2006 presidential election; in this election he received 0.22% of the vote (21st place).

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