The 1972 Dahomeyan coup d'état was a military coup staged on 26 October 1972 by Major (later General) Mathieu Kérékou, who took control of the Republic...

The 1963 Dahomeyan coup d'état was staged on October 28, 1963, by Christophe Soglo, who took control of the Republic of Dahomey to prevent a civil war...

dictatorial powers in a self-coup on 17 October. 1972 Dahomeyan coup d'état: Major Mathieu Kérékou led a coup that overthrew the Dahomeyan Presidential Council...

served as President of Benin under a military government until December 1967, when a group of younger army officers overthrew him. Soglo then retired...

This is a list of coups d'état and coup attempts by country, listed in chronological order. A coup is an attempt to illegally overthrow the government...

The Coup Belt (French: la ceinture de coups d'État) is a modern geopolitical concept and neologism which emerged during the 2020s to describe the region...

culturally, and it was safer to film there than in Haiti. 1963 Dahomeyan coup d'état Sahel-Benin Union Le Vine, Victor T. (2004). Politics in Francophone...

1963 he was an aide-de-camp to Dahomeyan President Hubert Maga. Following Maurice Kouandété's coup d'état in December 1967, Kérékou, who was his cousin...

foreign minister from late December 1965 to 1967 in General Christophe Soglo's administration. Following the 1967 coup and the electoral boycott in 1968, Zinsou...

and song officer". In Dahomeyan coups in 1963 and 1965, Alley urged General Christophe Soglo to seize power. After the 1965 coup, Soglo promoted Alley...