Benin · Constitution
Constitution of the Republic of Benin
Product of the 1990 National Conference that ended Marxist-Leninist rule and inspired similar transitions across the region. Revised in 2019. Incorporates the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights directly into the constitutional text.
The constitutional text
Product of the 1990 National Conference that ended Marxist-Leninist rule and inspired similar transitions across the region. Revised in 2019. Incorporates the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights directly into the constitutional text.
Separation of powers
Presidential system without a Prime Minister for most of its history, a unicameral National Assembly, and a Constitutional Court with broad access rules.
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