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Appendix

from 5 - The Cotton Sector

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2023

Edited by
François Bourguignon ,
Romain Houssa ,
Jean-Philippe Platteau  and
Paul Reding
François Bourguignon
Affiliation:
École d'économie de Paris and École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Romain Houssa
Affiliation:
Université de Namur, Belgium
Jean-Philippe Platteau
Affiliation:
Université de Namur, Belgium
Paul Reding
Affiliation:
Université de Namur, Belgium

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State Capture and Rent-Seeking in Benin
The Institutional Diagnostic Project
 , pp. 203 - 206
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023
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Appendix

  • First elected president – Hubert Maga: 1 August 1960–24 October 1963.

  • Coup d’état by Colonel Christophe Soglo, chef d’état major: 27 October 1963–January 1964.

    • ◦ New constitution 11 January 1963.

  • Sourou-Migan Apithy became president after election: January 1964–November 1965.

  • Coup d’état – military government took power: November 1965.

    • ◦ Sourou-Migan Apithy set back and Tahirou Congacou, president of the parliament, became president and ran a transition to a new government.

  • Tahirou Congacou: 29 November 1965–22 December 1965.

  • Coup d’état – General Christophe Soglo: 22 December 1965–16 December 1967.

    • ◦ Development project CFDT, SATEC.

    • ◦ Coup d’état by low-ranking officers.

  • Coup d’état – Colonel Maurice Kouandété: 17 December 1967–21 December 1967.

  • Coup d’état – Colonel Alphonse Alley: 21 December 1967–17 July 1968.

    • ◦ New constitution 11 April 1968.

    • ◦ New election 15 May 1968, for which the three regional leaders were excluded as candidates; in the election only 26 per cent of voters showed up.

    • ◦ Among the five candidates Adjou Moumouni obtained 84 per cent of the votes.

    • ◦ The results of the election were annulled.

  • Alphonse Alley formed a new government in May 1968.

  • The military regime appointed Emile Derlin Zinsou as the new president: 31 July 1968–December 1969.

    • ◦ But he accepted only on the condition that a referendum regarding his appointment be held. His candidacy was supported by 76.4 per cent of voters, with a 72.6 per cent turnout.

  • Coup d’état by Colonel Maurice Kouandété: December 1969.

  • Election in 1970, but the results were annulled because of an issue of low turnout during the election.

  • Conseil Présidentiel was a triumvirate (Apithy–Maga–Ahomadégbé) system of government: 7 May 1970–26 October 1972.

    • ◦ Hubert Maga: 7 May 1970–May 1972.

    • ◦ Justin Ahomadégbé: 7 May 1972–26 October 1972.

  • Coup d’état – Mathieu Kérékou: 1972–1989.

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