What the records say
- When
- 26 Oct 1972
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 6.50° N, 2.60° E
- Description
- military coup
1972 Dahomeyan coup d'état
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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- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · names it “Coup in Benin”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0