Yayi Boni
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| Yayi Boni | |
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| President of Benin | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 6 April 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Pascal Koupaki |
| Preceded by | Mathieu Kérékou |
| Chairperson of the African Union | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 29 January 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1952 Tchaourou, Dahomey (now Benin) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Chantal Boni |
| Alma mater | National University of Benin Cheikh Anta Diop University University of Orléans Paris Dauphine University |
Dr. Thomas Yayi Boni (born 1 July 1952) is the President of Benin. He began in the position since 6 April 2006. He was re-elected to a second term in March 2011. Since January 2012, he has also been Chairperson of the African Union.
On 15 March 2007, Yayi Boni survived an assassination attempt. Several of the people travelling with the president were wounded in gunfire between the presidential guard and the would-be assassins.[1]
On 23 October 2012, the BBC said that the president's doctor, niece, and former commerce minister had been arrested in a plot to poison the president. The niece changed his medicine to a "toxic substance" while he was on a state visit to Brussels.[2]
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