Sacca Lafia

Sacca Lafia (born October 21 1944 [http://www.bj.refer.org/benin_ct/cop/assemble/vp1.htm National Assembly page on Sacca Lafia] , bj.refer.org fr.] ) is a Beninese politician, the President of the Union for Democracy and National Solidarity (UDS), [ [http://www.sonangnon.net/actualites/2007/janvier/intlematinal1701_3.php "Commission électorale nationale (Cena) : Les raisons de la démission de Abdoulaye Mama Djima"] , "Le Matinal" (sonangnon.net), January 17, 2007 fr.] and a former First Vice-President of the National Assembly of Benin. [ [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/pays/benin/article_jeune_afrique.asp?art_cle=LIN16076larecruetai0 "À la recherche d’un médiateur"] , Jeuneafrique.com, July 16, 2006 fr.]

A veternarian by training,, Lafia was first elected to the National Assembly in the March 1999 parliamentary election, [http://www.bj.refer.org/benin_ct/med/jo/jo10/infocc.htm Results of the 1999 parliamentary election] , bj.refer.org fr.] on which occasion he was one of four Star Alliance ("Alliance Etoile") candidates to be elected. He was the UDS candidate in the March 2001 presidential election, receiving 1.20% of the vote and fifth place, [ [http://africanelections.tripod.com/bj.html Elections in Benin] , African Elections Database.] and in the March 2003 parliamentary election he was one of three Star Alliance candidates elected to the National Assembly. [ [http://www.legislatives2003.gouv.bj/actualites/archives/edition040403/actu1.html List of deputies elected in the 2003 election] , Benin government page fr.] In the March 2007 parliamentary election, Lafia was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of the Cauris Forces for an Emerging Benin. [ [http://www.benininfo.com/100402.htm "Proclamation des résultats des élections législatives du 31 mars 2007"] , BeninInfo.com fr icon.]

In the government of President Yayi Boni named on June 17 2007, Lafia was appointed Minister of Mines, Energy, and Water. [ [http://www.french.xinhuanet.com/french/2007-06/18/content_444055.htm "Bénin : composition du nouveau gouvernement soumis à l'avis de l'Assemblée Nationale"] , Xinhua, June 18, 2007 fr.] [Ludovic D. Guédénon, [http://www.sonangnon.net/actualites/2007/juin/intntribune1906_6.php "Dernier remaniement ministériel : Yayi abandonne t-il un principe cher ?"] , "La Nouvelle Tribune", June 19, 2007 fr icon.]

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