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Benin Ruling Coalition Picks Wadagni to Run in 2026 Polls: AFP

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Benin’s ruling coalition on Sunday picked Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni as its candidate for the April 2026 presidential election, Agence France-Presse reported citing coalition members.

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This weekend in Benin, the presidential majority took a decisive step in the run for the presidential election of 2026. Romuald Wadagni, the current Minister of State for Finance and Cooperation, was officially nominated as the candidate of Patrice Talon's camp for the election of 12 April 2026. This designation of the Progressive Union for Democratic Renewal (UPR) and the Republican Bloc (BR) definitively confirms that the current Head of State…

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The Minister of Economy and Finance was nominated candidate of the ruling coalition for the presidential election of 2026. Patrice Talon repeated repeatedly that he would not run for a third term.

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Bloomberg broke the news in United States on Sunday, August 31, 2025.
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