Pascal Koupaki | |
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Prime Minister of Benin | |
In office 28 May 2011 – 11 August 2013 | |
President | Thomas Boni Yayi |
Preceded by | Adrien Houngbédji (1998) |
Succeeded by | Lionel Zinsou (2015) |
Personal details | |
Born | Cotonou, Dahomey (now Benin) | May 18, 1951
Political party | Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin |
Pascal Irénée Koupaki (born 18 May 1951)[1] is a Beninese politician who served as Prime Minister of Benin from May 2011 to August 2013. Koupaki worked as an official at the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and he was Director of the Cabinet of the Prime Minister from 1996 to 1998. Under President Yayi Boni, Koupaki was Minister of Finance from 2006 to 2007 and then Minister of State for the Exploration, Development, and Evaluation of Public Policy from 2007 to 2011.
Under President Patrice Talon, Koupaki has been Secretary-General of the Presidency since 2016.