1972 Dahomeyan coup d'état

Wann

26. Okt. 1972

Art

Putsch

Koordinaten

6.50° N, 2.60° E

Description

military coup

Military overthrow of the Presidential Council by Mathieu Kérékou

The 1972 Dahomeyan coup d'état was a military coup staged on 26 October 1972 by Major Mathieu Kérékou, who took control of the Republic of Dahomey and ended a system of government established following the annulled 1970 presidential election, in which three members of the Presidential Council were to rotate in power. Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin served as the Chairman at the time of the coup.

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