Abdoulaye Bio Tchané

Abdoulaye Bio Tchané (born November 1952) is a Beninese economist and politician.

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• Abdoulaye bio tchan ministre du plan fait le point de sa mission au fmi
• B nin abdoulaye bio tchan candidat la pr sidentielle
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Born in Djougou, he earned a master's degree in economics from the University of Dijon and in banking from the Centre Ouest-Africain de Formation et d'Etudes Bancaires in Dakar. He began his career at the Central Bank of States of West Africa, rising to become director of the economic and monetary survey department. He served as Minister of Finance under Mathieu Kérékou from 1998 to 2002. Bio Tchané directed the Africa Division of the International Monetary Fund from 2002 to 2007, and he was president of the West African Development Bank from 2008 to 2010.

Bio Tchané unsuccessfully ran in the 2011 presidential election, despite being one of the favorites. He received 8.9 percent of the vote in the 2016 presidential election. In the second round of voting Bio Tchané backed Patrice Talon, and following Talon's victory Bio Tchané was appointed to the government as Minister of State for Planning and Development on 6 April 2016.