Benin Armed Forces | |
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Forces Armées Béninoises | |
Founded | 1960 |
Service branches | Army Benin Navy Benin Air Force National Gendarmerie |
Leadership | |
Commander-in-Chief | Patrice Talon |
Minister of Defence | Yarou Robert Theophile |
Chief of the Defence Staff | Fructueux Gbaguidi |
Personnel | |
Conscription | No |
Active personnel | 4,750[1] |
Expenditure | |
Budget | $US73 million (2011)[1] |
Percent of GDP | 1% (2011)[1] |
Industry | |
Foreign suppliers | United States Russia France |
Related articles | |
Ranks | Military ranks of Benin |
The Benin Armed Forces (French: Forces Armées Béninoises; FAB) constitutes the army, navy, air force, and national gendarmerie of Benin. For a number of years, the Belgian Armed Forces have had an active programme of co-operation with Benin, offering training and coaching, donating redundant military equipment and using the country for limited military exercises.[2]