Adrien Houngbédji
Adrien Houngbédji | |
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Houngbédji in 2019 | |
| President of the National Assembly | |
| In office 20 May 2015 – 17 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Mathurin Nago |
| Succeeded by | Louis Vlavonou |
| In office 20 April 1999 – 19 March 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Bruno Amoussou |
| Succeeded by | Antoine Idji Kolawolé |
| In office 1 April 1991 – 31 March 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Isidore de Souza |
| Succeeded by | Bruno Amoussou |
| Prime Minister of Benin | |
| In office 9 April 1996 – 14 May 1998 | |
| President | Mathieu Kérékou |
| Preceded by | Nicéphore Soglo (1991) |
| Succeeded by | Pascal Koupaki (2011) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 March 1942 |
| Party | Democratic Renewal Party |
Adrien Houngbédji (born 5 March 1942) is a Beninese politician and the leader of the Democratic Renewal Party (Parti du renouveau démocratique, PRD), one of Benin's main political parties. He was President of the National Assembly of Benin from 1991 to 1995, Prime Minister of Benin from 1996 to 1998, and President of the National Assembly again from 1999 to 2003. Beginning in 1991, he stood repeatedly as a presidential candidate; he placed second in 2006, but was heavily defeated by Yayi Boni in a second round of voting. From 2015 to 2019, he served for a third time as President of the National Assembly.