What is Patrice Talon?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Patrice Talon |image = Patrice Talon at the 52nd African Development Bank Annual Meeting in Gandhinagar (Cropped).jpg |office = 8th [[List of Presidents of Benin|President of Benin]] |term_start = 6 April 2016 |term_end = |predecessor = [[Thomas Boni Yayi]] |successor = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|5|1|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Ouidah]], [[Republic of Dahomey|Dahomey]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] (1983-Present) |spouse = Claudine Gbènagnon |children = 2 |alma_mater = [[Cheikh Anta Diop University|University of Dakar]]<br>[[École nationale de l'aviation civile]] }} '''Patrice Guillaume Athanase Talon'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/wjbxw/t1397138.shtml|title=Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Ming Meets with President Patrice Guillaume Athanase Talon of Benin|date=9 September 2016|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China}}</ref> (born 1 May 1958) is a [[Benin]]ese businessman and politician. He has been [[List of Presidents of Benin|President of Benin]] since 6 April 2016. In September 2021, Patrice Talon and Thomas Boni Yayi, political allies who have become intimate enemies, met at the Marina Palace in Cotonou. During this tête-à-tête, Thomas Boni Yayi presented Patrice Talon with a series of proposals and requests, relating in particular to the release of “political detainees”.'<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1237927/politique/exclusif-benin-au-coeur-du-tete-a-tete-entre-patrice-talon-et-thomas-boni-yayi/|title=Exclusif – Bénin : au cœur du tête-à-tête entre Patrice Talon et Thomas Boni Yayi|date=22 September 2021|publisher=Jeune Afrique}}</ref> In March 2022, Patrice Talon was appointed the new president of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) at the end of a double ECOWAS-WAEMU summit.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=|first1=|lang=fr|title=Le président béninois Patrice Talon