Republic of Benin government

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executive authority national government

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.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Government of Benin	5
Presidency of Benin	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive authority ⓘ national government ⓘ
allowsMultiPartySystem	true ⓘ
branch	executive branch ⓘ judicial branch ⓘ legislative branch ⓘ
capital	Porto-Novo NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionAdopted	1990 ⓘ
constitutionalFramework	Constitution of Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
conventionalShortName	Government of Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Republic of Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryGoverned	Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
democraticTransitionPeriod	early 1990s ⓘ
electoralSystemType	direct election of president ⓘ
executiveBranchHead	President of Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
executivePowersExercisedBy	President of Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentSystem	multi-party democracy ⓘ
governmentType	presidential republic ⓘ
hasCabinet	Council of Ministers of Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle	President of Benin ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	President of Benin ⓘ
influencedByLegalTradition	French civil law ⓘ
judicialBranch	Constitutional Court of Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
judicialIndependence	formally guaranteed by constitution ⓘ
judicialReviewBody	Constitutional Court of Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law system ⓘ
legislativeBranch	National Assembly of Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativePowersExercisedBy	National Assembly of Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislatureName	National Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislatureType	unicameral ⓘ
memberOf	African Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Economic Community of West African States NERFINISHED ⓘ Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
officialLanguage	French ⓘ
officiallyRecognizedReligion	Vodun NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialName	Government of the Republic of Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizesTraditionalReligions	true ⓘ
region	West Africa ⓘ
responsibleFor	domestic security ⓘ education policy ⓘ foreign policy ⓘ health policy ⓘ infrastructure policy ⓘ national defense ⓘ public finance ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	Cotonou NERFINISHED ⓘ