Thomas Boni Yayi
Also known as Thomas Yayi Boni
Beninese politician and Former President of Benin
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Thomas Boni Yayi is a politician from Benin who served as the country's president. His presidency is significant in Benin's political history as part of the country's democratic governance.
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- Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 160,574x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 76,845x
- U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 57,307x
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,579x
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 43,713x
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- “There will be no prosperity in Africa as long as we lack energy”
- “To each his convictions. Mine are to respect… my country’s constitution”
- “I don’t have a lesson to impart, I don’t want to criticise anyone”
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Thomas Boni Yayi (born 1 July 1951) is a Beninese banker and politician who was the president of Benin from 2006 to 2016. He took office after winning the March 2006 presidential election and was re-elected to a second term in March 2011. He also served as the chairperson of the African Union from 29 January 2012 to 27 January 2013.
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