Hélène Aholou Keke
Hélène Aholou Keke | |
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Hélène Aholou Keke is a lawyer and politician in Benin.
Biography
[edit]She specialised in family law and was called to the bar for the first time in Paris, France. She would later become the first female to serve as the President of the Benin Bar Association.[1] She was called to the bar of Cotonou in 2008.[2] For more than 20 years she worked as a lawyer for the Beninese government.[3]
Keke has served as a member of the National Assembly of Benin in its fifth (2007–11) and sixth (2011–2015) legislatures.[4][5] She was president of the Assembly's Commission of Laws and Human Rights in December 2012 when the death penalty was abolished.[6] Keke resigned from the governing Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin party in 2015.[3]
She raised electoral irregularities with the press and the authorities in February 2016 ahead of the 2016 Beninese presidential election, including the registering of 51 more polling stations than were authorised by law.[5][7] In May 2016 she was appointed as one of 30 members of the National Commission for Political and Institutional Reform by new, independent President Patrice Talon.[8]
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "Histoire du barreau – Ordre des Avocats du Bénin". barreaudubenin.bj. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ "Barreau Du Bénin : Deux jeunes femmes y ont fait leur entrée en mai 2008 - Cabinet Robert M. DOSSOU : Cabinet d'Avocats et d'Assistance Juridique". Robert Doussou Law (in French). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ a b Zoumènou, Marcel (18 March 2015). "Acharnement contre Aholou Kèkè : Yayi confirme l'existence d'une "immunité Fcbe"". La Nouvelle Tribune (in French). Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "Affaire liquidation de l'ex BCB : Hélène AHOLOU KEKE clarifie et menace". www.sonangnon.org. 30 May 2011. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Création de bureaux de votes fictifs: Hélène Aholou Kèkè alerte". La Nouvelle Tribune (in French). 4 February 2016. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "L'abolition de la peine de mort divise les Béninois". Slate Afrique (in French). 11 December 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ Gbaguidi, Ariel (5 February 2016). "Présidentielle au Bénin :Me Hélène Kèkè dénonce une opération de fraude en perspective". beninmondeinfos.com (in French). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ Sossou, Ignace (6 May 2016). "Bénin : Voici les membres de la commission chargée des reformes politiques et institutionnelles". Benin Web TV (in French). Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2017.