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Mariam Chabi Talata
1st Vice President of Benin
Assumed office
24 May 2021
PresidentPatrice Talon
Preceded byOffice created
Personal details
Born (1963-07-07) 7 July 1963 (age 60)
Bembéréké, Dahomey
Political partyProgressive Union
SpouseZimé Yérima
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Abomey-Calavi
ProfessionTeacher

Mariam Chabi Talata Zimé Yérima (born 7 July 1963 at Bembéréké in Bénin), is a Beninese politician who is the current Vice President of Benin after being elected in the 2021 Beninese presidential election as the running mate of President Patrice Talon.[1] She was sworn in on 23 May 2021.[2]

Mariam Talata, is Benin’s first female vice-president. The former teacher and school inspector is one of a small but growing number of women reaching higher office across sub-Saharan Africa.

Biography

Education

After completing a literary baccalauréat at the CEG Akpakpa Centre in Cotonou (1985), she attended Benin National University's Faculty of Letters, Arts and Human Sciences, where she studied philosophy. After completing her bachelor's degree, she successfully passed the entrance examination to the École Normale Supérieure in Porto-Novo for a specialization in philosophy, graduating with a CAPES in philosophy. In 2006, she was admitted to the entrance examination for the National Education Management Staff Training Center, which enabled her to join the corps of general secondary education inspectors. She is a former presenter at the Deema community radio station in Parakou. This will serve her well in April 2021 when she attends meetings as Patrice Talon's running mate in the presidential election.

Working career

She taught in several schools in the north of the country, including CEG Hubert-Maga and the Notre-Dame de Fatima seminary, as well as in higher education, at the École Normale Supérieure in Porto-Novo. Her career in education was rounded off by her appointment to the corps of general secondary school inspectors, following her success in the EFPEEN entrance examination.

Mariam Chabi Talata also holds administrative positions at both local and national level. Her administrative career began in 2003 as Censor at CEG Hubert Maga. From 2013 to 2016, she was deputy pedagogical inspector (IPD) for the Borgou and Alibori departments. From 2016 to 2019, she was Director of General Secondary Education at the Ministry of Secondary and Technical Education and Professional Training.

Political career

Mariam Chabi Talata's political involvement started in 2001 when she joined Sacca Lafia's UDS party. She was elected city councillor of Parakou from 2008 to 2015 and, at the same time, held the position of President of the Women's Union of Elected City Councillors of the Alibori, Borgou and Hills Departments.

In 2016, she joined the coalitions of political parties that supported Patrice Talon's presidential run, which he successfully won. With the reform of the existing party system under way, she is among the founding members of the Progressive Union party, on whose behalf she took part in the 2019 legislative elections as a deputy for Interior Minister Sacca Lafia. Following the elections, she became a member of the 8th legislature and the first woman to be elected 1st Vice-President of the National Assembly of Benin.[3] In 2019, during the communal elections, she was the first woman on the UP list in the 8th constituency.

In 2021, she ran as vice-president for Patrice Talon for the presidential election on April 11, 2021, marking President Patrice Talon's second term in office. She has been described as a 'feminist' and has campaigned on legalising abortion and on women's education.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Présidentielle au Bénin: Talon choisit la vice-présidente de l'Assemblée comme colistière". RFI. 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. ^ Mehouenou, Josué F. (26 April 2021). "Election de Mariam Chabi Talata aux côtés du chef de l'Etat: Ce qui est attendu de la vice-présidente de la République" [Election of Mariam Chabi Talata alongside the Head of State: What is expected of the Vice-President of the Republic]. La Nation Bénin (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  3. ^ Pelzel, Kristi (15 February 2021). "The World's List of Leading Women is Growing". Medium.
  4. ^ Filipovic, Jill (15 March 2022). "Benin's first female vice-president on women's bodies, Amazon warriors and being called a feminist". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
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