Benin

Population Statistics

10,448,647

Total Population

1,567,297

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

05 July 2012

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Republic of Benin (1990)

Updated: June 2015

Article 44 states:

No one may be a candidate for the office of the President of the Republic unless:…He enjoys a satisfactory state of physical and mental well-being duly verified by a collegiate board of three doctors sworn and designated by the Constitutional Court.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Republic of Benin (1990)