al)
Renaissance Party and allies 20, PRD 19, FARD-ALAFIA 10, PSD 7, NCC 3,
RDL-VIVOTEN 3, Communist Party 2, Alliance Chameleon 1, RDP 1, ADP 1,
other 16

Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

Political parties and leaders: as of August 1994, 72 political parties
were officially recognized; the following are among the most
important: Alliance of the Democratic Union for the Forces of Progress
(UDFP), Timothee ADANLIN; Movement for Democracy and Social Progress
(MDPS), Jean-Roger AHOYO; Union for Liberty and Development (ULD),
Marcellin DEGBE; Alliance of the National Party for Democracy and
Development (PNDD) and the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD), Pascal
Chabi KAO; Alliance of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the
National Union for Solidarity and Progress (UNSP), Bruno AMOUSSOU; Our
Common Cause (NCC), Albert TEVOEDJRE; National Rally for Democracy
(RND), Joseph KEKE; Alliance of the National Movement for Democracy
and Development (MNDD), leader NA; Movement for Solidarity, Union, and
Progress (MSUP), Adebo ADENIYI; Union for Democracy and National
Reconstruction (UDRN), Azaria FAKOREDE; Union for Democracy and
National Solidarity (UDS), Mama Amadou N'DIAYE; Assembly of Liberal
Democrats for National Reconstruction (RDL), Severin ADJOVI; Alliance
for Social Democracy (ASD), Robert DOSSOU; Bloc for Social Democracy
(BSD), Michel MAGNIDE; Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ADP),
Akindes ADEKPEDJOU, and the Democratic Union for Social Renewal
(UDRS), Bio Gado Seko N'GOYE; National Union for Democracy and
Progress (UNDP), Robert TAGNON; Party for Progress and Democracy,
Thiophile NATA; FARD-ALAFIA, Mathieu KEREKOU; The Renaissance Party,
Nicephore SOGLO; The Patriotic Union for the Republic (UPR),
Jean-Marie ZAHOUN; Union for the Conservation of Democracy, Bernard
HOUEGNON

Member of: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CEAO, ECA, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77,
GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,
IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNIDO, UPU, WADB, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Lucien Edgar TONOUKOUIN
chancery: 2737 Cathedral Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 232-6656, 6657, 6658
FAX: [1] (202) 265-1996

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Ruth A. DAVIS
embassy: Rue Caporal Bernard Anani, Cotonou
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