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Benin

People, offices and institutional evidence across the available sources.

African sovereign country in the existing country registry.

2,926Source observations
4Institutional relationships

Institutional relationships

Follow the labelled direction of each relationship. Accountability, appointment, membership and independence have different meanings. Officially published evidence retains its legal and date limits; current applicability is shown separately.

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Government membersAppointed by President of the Republic

The President appoints members after obtaining the consultative opinion of the National Assembly bureau.

Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.

Relationship evidence and review

The President appoints members after obtaining the consultative opinion of the National Assembly bureau.

Evidence location: Article 54

Dataset: Africa API reviewed official government evidence (opens in a new tab) · Edition reviewed-2026-09-17

Attribution: Africa API review of public government office facts. Original issuing institutions, source URLs and evidence locators accompany each record. Source prose, images and logos retain their original rights; these are not licensed by this factual compilation.

Licence: Factual observations; no blanket source licence asserted

Retrieved 17 Sept 2026. Dataset publication: Date unknown.

  • A live official page can be stale; its retrieval date is not an appointment date or independent confirmation of current service.
  • Dated events retain their event types. Appointment, effective appointment and swearing-in are not interchangeable.
  • Relationships preserve accountability, appointment and reporting distinctions; no universal president-rooted hierarchy is asserted.
  • Missing names, exact dates, portraits and identity matches are not invented.
Government membersAssigned functions by President of the Republic

The displayed provision gives the President authority to assign government members functions.

Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.

Relationship evidence and review

The displayed provision gives the President authority to assign government members functions.

Evidence location: Article 54

Dataset: Africa API reviewed official government evidence (opens in a new tab) · Edition reviewed-2026-09-17

Attribution: Africa API review of public government office facts. Original issuing institutions, source URLs and evidence locators accompany each record. Source prose, images and logos retain their original rights; these are not licensed by this factual compilation.

Licence: Factual observations; no blanket source licence asserted

Retrieved 17 Sept 2026. Dataset publication: Date unknown.

  • A live official page can be stale; its retrieval date is not an appointment date or independent confirmation of current service.
  • Dated events retain their event types. Appointment, effective appointment and swearing-in are not interchangeable.
  • Relationships preserve accountability, appointment and reporting distinctions; no universal president-rooted hierarchy is asserted.
  • Missing names, exact dates, portraits and identity matches are not invented.
GovernmentHeaded by President of the Republic

The Presidency describes the President as head of government.

Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.

Relationship evidence and review

The Presidency describes the President as head of government.

Evidence location: Article 54

Dataset: Africa API reviewed official government evidence (opens in a new tab) · Edition reviewed-2026-09-17

Attribution: Africa API review of public government office facts. Original issuing institutions, source URLs and evidence locators accompany each record. Source prose, images and logos retain their original rights; these are not licensed by this factual compilation.

Licence: Factual observations; no blanket source licence asserted

Retrieved 17 Sept 2026. Dataset publication: Date unknown.

  • A live official page can be stale; its retrieval date is not an appointment date or independent confirmation of current service.
  • Dated events retain their event types. Appointment, effective appointment and swearing-in are not interchangeable.
  • Relationships preserve accountability, appointment and reporting distinctions; no universal president-rooted hierarchy is asserted.
  • Missing names, exact dates, portraits and identity matches are not invented.
Government membersResponsible to President of the Republic

Government members are responsible to the President in the displayed text.

Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.

Relationship evidence and review

Government members are responsible to the President in the displayed text.

Evidence location: Article 54

Dataset: Africa API reviewed official government evidence (opens in a new tab) · Edition reviewed-2026-09-17

Attribution: Africa API review of public government office facts. Original issuing institutions, source URLs and evidence locators accompany each record. Source prose, images and logos retain their original rights; these are not licensed by this factual compilation.

Licence: Factual observations; no blanket source licence asserted

Retrieved 17 Sept 2026. Dataset publication: Date unknown.

  • A live official page can be stale; its retrieval date is not an appointment date or independent confirmation of current service.
  • Dated events retain their event types. Appointment, effective appointment and swearing-in are not interchangeable.
  • Relationships preserve accountability, appointment and reporting distinctions; no universal president-rooted hierarchy is asserted.
  • Missing names, exact dates, portraits and identity matches are not invented.
Dataset limitations
  • Source observations are not continuous tenures or independently verified current rosters.
  • Names and source identifiers are not merged into people without separate identity evidence.
  • Jurisdiction labels describe source coverage and do not determine sovereignty or recognition.
  • Accountability, appointment and membership are different from reporting relationships.