Nicéphore Soglo

Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo ( born November 29, 1934 in Lomé ) was 1991-1996 President of Benin.

Life

Soglo studied law and economics at the University of Paris. He returned to Benin, where he took over until the coup in 1972, Mathieu Kérékous tasks in the area of ​​Finance and Economics. After the coup Soglo worked outside of Benin, among others, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

In the late 1980s, the weakened Kérékou government convened a national conference on the introduction of a multiparty democracy, became the interim prime minister determined at the Soglo 1990. In the first multi-party elections and was defeated Soglo Kérékou on 4 April 1991 President of the country. His wife Rosine in 1992 founded the party Parti du Bénin Renaissance ( PRB ), whose chairman was Soglo 1994.

During his presidency, he tried to revive Benin fallow economy. However, these efforts sparked unrest and undermined his popularity. In March 1996 he had to admit defeat Kérékou, as in the elections of 2001.

In December 2002 he was elected mayor of Cotonou. Together with the former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, he led in October 2005, the group of international observers in the presidential elections in Liberia.