Patrice Talon
Patrice Guillaume Athanase Talon  (an haife shi 1 ga watan Mayu 1958) ɗan siyasan Benin ne kuma ɗan kasuwa wanda ya kasance Shugaban Benin tun daga 6 Afrilu 2016.

Rayuwar farko da aiki 
Talon dan asalin Fon ne kuma an haife shi a Ouidah .fito daga masu fataucin bayi.  Mahaifinsa ya fito daga Ouidah yayin da mahaifiyarsa ta fito daga dangin Guédégbé a Abomey . Ya sami digiri na uku a Dakar, Senegal .  Bayan ya sami digiri na "C" a digirinsa na farko a fannin kimiyya a Jami'ar Dakar,  an tura shi zuwa École nationale de l'aviation civile a Paris. Tare da mafarkai na zama matukin jirgi, Talon ya gaza gwajin likita kuma wannan mafarkin ya zama ba zai yiwu ba. 

A cikin 1983, Talon ya shiga cikin hada-hadar kasuwanci da kayan aikin gona. A cikin 1985, ya koma Benin ya kafa Kamfanin Rarraba Intercontinental Distribution Company (Société Distribution Intercontinentale ; SDI), wanda ke ba da kayan aikin noma ga masu kera auduga. A shekarar 1990, bayan shawarwarin da bankin duniya ya bayar na samar da ‘yancin walwala ga tattalin arzikin kasashen yammacin Afirka, an bukaci kasar Benin da ta janye daga tsarin noman auduga. Daga nan sai Talon ya samu damar kafa masana'antun sarrafa auduga guda uku a kasar Benin.  An kuma yi masa lakabi da "Sarkin Auduga" saboda yadda ya shiga harkar auduga. Ya gina daularsa ne saboda alaka da ajin siyasar Benin. 

Talon ya kasance daya daga cikin manyan masu goyon bayan kudi na shugaba Thomas Boni Yayi, inda ya ba da kudin yakin neman zabensa a zabukan 2006 da 2011 .  Kamfaninsa, Benin Control, ya mallaki kamfanoni biyu mallakar kasa, Sodeco a 2009 da PVI a 2011. A cikin 2011, Talon ya karɓi sarrafa kayan da ake shigowa da su Cotonou a tashar jiragen ruwa na Cotonou. A shekara ta 2012, ya tsere zuwa Faransa bayan da aka zarge shi da yin almubazzaranci da haraji fiye da Euro miliyan 18.  Ya yi kaca-kaca da Boni Yayi inda aka zarge shi da hannu a wani yunkurin kashe shi. An yi masa afuwa a shekarar 2014.  A cikin 2015, Forbes ta sanya Talon a matsayin mutum na 15 mafi arziki a yankin kudu da hamadar Sahara, mai arzikin da ya kai kusan dalar Amurka miliyan 400.

Shugaban kasa 
Talon ya tsaya takara a matsayin dan takara mai zaman kansa a zaben shugaban kasa na watan Maris 2016 . Ya zo na biyu a matsayin Firayim Minista Lionel Zinsou na Cowry Forces na Benin mai tasowa a zagayen farko na jefa kuri'a, amma ya lashe zagaye na biyu da kashi 65% na kuri'un. Zinsou ya amince a daren zaben. A ranar 25 ga Maris, 2016, Talon ya ce zai "da farko zai tunkari sake fasalin tsarin mulkin kasar", yana tattaunawa kan shirinsa na takaita shugabanni zuwa wa'adi guda na shekaru biyar domin yakar "rashin gamsuwa". Ya kuma ce ya shirya rage gwamnati daga mutane 28 zuwa 16. 

An rantsar da Talon a ranar 6 ga Afrilu, 2016.  A ranar ne aka sanar da kafa gwamnatinsa. Babu firaminista, kuma ’yan takarar shugaban kasa biyu da suka sha kaye, wadanda suka goyi bayan Talon a zagaye na biyu, Pascal Koupaki da Abdoulaye Bio-Tchane, an nada su a manyan mukamai, Sakatare-Janar na Fadar Shugaban Kasa da Karamin Ministan Tsare-tsare da Ci Gaba, bi da bi. .  Talon ya yi alkawarin kara yawan arzikin kasar Benin nan da shekaru biyar tare da kyautata alakarta da Faransa.  Wasu daga cikin manufofinsa sun hada da rage karfin bangaren zartaswa da kuma takaita wa'adin mulki na shekaru biyar, wata sabuwar shawara a Afirka.  Ya nada ministoci 22, hudu daga cikinsu mata ne. 

A ranar 4 ga Afrilu, 2017, Majalisar Dokoki ta kasa ta gaza zartar da wani kudirin doka da zai kai ga zaben raba gardama kan kudirin Talon na takaita wa’adin shugaban kasa na tsawon shekaru biyar. Kuri’u 63 na ‘yan majalisar dokokin kasar 83 ne ake bukata domin amincewa, kuma kudirin ya samu kuri’u 60.  Talon ya ce bayan kwanaki kadan ba zai kara bibiyar lamarin ba.   Ya ce ya ji takaicin sakamakon zaben amma yana mutunta hakan saboda jajircewarsa na tabbatar da dimokradiyya. Ya ki cewa ko zai tsaya takara a 2021,  amma daga karshe ya bayyana cewa zai yi. Sunan dimokradiyyar Benin ya ragu a cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata. Canje-canjen dokar na nufin cewa 'yan takarar shugaban kasa na bukatar goyon bayan 'yan majalisar dokoki 16 kuma kusan dukkan 'yan majalisar wakilai na yanzu mambobin jam'iyyun da ke goyon bayan Talon. An yi hasashen cewa za a iya sake zaben Talon ba tare da hamayya ba.  Daga karshe, an sake zabe shi da kashi 86% na kuri'un. 

A cikin 2018, Sébastien Ajavon, abokin hamayyar da ya zo na uku a zaben shugaban kasa na 2016, an yanke masa hukuncin daurin shekaru 25 a gidan yari saboda "fasalin muggan kwayoyi" da "jabu da zamba".  An yanke wa wasu ‘yan adawa da dama hukuncin dauri mai tsanani a watan Disamban 2021. An yanke wa tsohuwar ministar shari'a Reckya Madougou hukuncin daurin shekaru 20 a gidan yari saboda "ta'addanci", da kuma farfesa a fannin shari'a Joël Aïvo shekaru 10 saboda "halakatar kudaden haram" da kuma "nakasa tsaron jihar". A cewar ɗan jarida kuma malami Francis Kpatindé, manufofin Talon sun haifar da raguwar yancin ɗan adam da yancin yajin aiki.

Rayuwa ta sirri 
Talon ya auri uwargidan shugaban kasa Claudine Gbènagnon daga Porto-Novo kuma yana da 'ya'ya biyu.

Nassoshi 
 
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