BJ
Benin
République du Benin
Republic of Benin
Emergency number
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Official addresses
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- Form of government
- presidential republic
- Capital
- Porto-Novo (constitutional capital); Cotonou (seat of government)
- Head of state
- President Patrice TALON (since 6 April 2016)
- Head of government
- President Patrice TALON (since 6 April 2016)
- Cabinet
- Council of Ministers appointed by the president
- Highest court
- Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of the chief justice and 16 justices organized into an administrative division, judicial chamber, and chamber of accounts); Constitutional Court or Cour Constitutionnelle (consists of 7 members, including the court president); High Court of Justice (consists of the Constitutional Court members, 6 members appointed by the National Assembly, and the Supreme Court president)
- Independence
- 1 August 1960 (from France)
- National day
- Independence Day, 1 August (1960)
This directory was compiled on 12 October 2026.
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