Republic of Benin government

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The Republic of Benin government is the national governing authority of Benin, a West African country known for its democratic institutions and official recognition of traditional religions such as Vodun.

All labels observed (6)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf executive authority ⓘ
national government ⓘ
allowsMultiPartySystem true ⓘ
branch executive branch ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ
capital Porto-Novo ⓘ
constitutionAdopted 1990 ⓘ
constitutionalFramework Constitution of Benin ⓘ
conventionalShortName Government of Benin ⓘ
country Republic of Benin ⓘ
linked to: Benin
countryGoverned Benin ⓘ
democraticTransitionPeriod early 1990s ⓘ
electoralSystemType direct election of president ⓘ
executiveBranchHead President of Benin ⓘ
executivePowersExercisedBy President of Benin ⓘ
governmentSystem multi-party democracy ⓘ
governmentType presidential republic ⓘ
hasCabinet Council of Ministers of Benin ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle President of Benin ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of Benin ⓘ
influencedByLegalTradition French civil law ⓘ
judicialBranch Constitutional Court of Benin ⓘ
Supreme Court of Benin ⓘ
judicialIndependence formally guaranteed by constitution ⓘ
judicialReviewBody Constitutional Court of Benin ⓘ
legalSystem civil law system ⓘ
legislativeBranch National Assembly of Benin ⓘ
legislativePowersExercisedBy National Assembly of Benin ⓘ
legislatureName National Assembly ⓘ
legislatureType unicameral ⓘ
memberOf African Union ⓘ
Economic Community of West African States ⓘ
linked to: ECOWAS

Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
officiallyRecognizedReligion Vodun ⓘ
officialName Government of the Republic of Benin ⓘ
recognizesTraditionalReligions true ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
responsibleFor domestic security ⓘ
education policy ⓘ
foreign policy ⓘ
health policy ⓘ
infrastructure policy ⓘ
national defense ⓘ
public finance ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Cotonou ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vodun → recognizedBy → Republic of Benin government ⓘ
National Assembly of Benin → supervises → Government of Benin ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Benin government
Presidential Palace of Benin → owner → Government of Benin ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Benin government
Presidential Palace of Benin → operatedBy → Presidency of Benin ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Benin government
Friendship Stadium → ownership → Government of Benin ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Benin government
Friendship Stadium → operator → Government of Benin ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Benin government
Cadjehoun Airport → operator → Government of Benin ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Benin government
Treaties of Benin → concludedBy → Government of Benin ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Benin government
Republic of Benin government → officialName → Government of the Republic of Benin ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Benin government
Republic of Benin government → conventionalShortName → Government of Benin ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Benin government
Fongbe → hasStandardizationEffortBy → Benin government ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Benin government
Ouidah Museum of History → operator → Government of Benin ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Benin government
Ouidah Museum of History → ownedBy → State of Benin ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Benin government