The challenge to his rumoured ambitions for a third term now extends beyond the opposition Démocrates to encompass some parliamentarians in the Bloc Républicain party of Abdoulaye Bio Tchané  his planning minister and a key architect of the economy's resilient performance in recent years...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     He appointed former director of the IMF Africa department Abdoulaye Bio Tchané as planning minister and economic supremo to stabilise public finances undermined by his predecessor  Boni Yayi...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The former Finance Minister and International Monetary Fund Africa Director Abdoulaye Bio Tchané finished fourth...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     A former Finance Minister and ex-International Monetary Fund Africa Director  Abdoulaye Bio Tchané (ABT)  a northerner  spotted the chance to win the votes of south-western PRD supporters who may be unhappy with the party's surprise backing for Zinsou...
 Talon and Zinsou are well-placed to make that argument too  as indeed is the widely respected Abdoulaye Bio Tchané  who came third in the 2011 election...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     His adversary  Abdoulaye Bio Tchané  the Governor of the Banque ouest-africaine de développement  is an ambitious  determined official in international financial institutions...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    Abdoulaye Bio Tchané  the Governor of the regional Banque ouest-africaine de développement  this week officially launched his bid for April’s presidential election in Benin...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Inflation is over 3 500% and the International Monetary Fund’s Africa Director  Abdoulaye Bio Tchane  warns of 100 000% by year's end...