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Patrice Talon

PEP · Politician

Patrice Talon is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Patrice Athanase Guillaume Talon · Patrice Talon · Patrikas Talonas · Patriks Talons · Patris Talon · 12 more...				[sources]
Alias	Patrice Guillaume Athanase Talon · Патрис Гијом Атанас Талон				[sources]
Birth date	1958-05-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Ouidah				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Benin				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Patrice				[sources]
Last name	Talon				[sources]
Political association	independent politician				[sources]
Title	Son Excellence				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16669148				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	President of the Republic of Benin (2016-) · President of the Republic, Head of Government, Head of State, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces · Président et Chef de l'État de la République du Bénin				[sources]
Education	French Civil Aviation University · Université Cheikh Anta Diop				[sources]
Religion	Catholic Church				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-13	Last processed	2026-04-13	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

President of Benin since 2016

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Claudine Talon Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President of the Republic, Head of Government, Head of State, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces	-	-

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders10,976

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UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,070

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,305

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,377

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,045

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata330,656

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: unprot-72a3a4517b495656f59ce44fa807abc5fd0f53ff ·

us-cia-benin-patrice-talon-president-of-the-republic-head-of-government-head-of-state-commander-in-chief-of-the-armed-forces

· us-cia-benin-patrice-talon-president · unprot-9c9acd1ea778e8273f27bf8c7d4ca99d396b6efa

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