Benin

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  • Hubert Maga president

    Hubert Maga president
  • Republic of Dahomey

    Republic of Dahomey
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    Six coups d'état

  • Sourou-Migan Apithy president

    Sourou-Migan Apithy president
  • Justin Ahomadégbé president

    Justin Ahomadégbé president
  • Major Mathieu Kérékou president

    Major Mathieu Kérékou president
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    Marxist-Leninist state policy

  • Renaming: People's Republic of Benin

  • First multiparty elections

  • Nicéphore Soglo president

    Nicéphore Soglo president
  • Mathieu Kérékou elected president

  • Thomas Boni Yayi elected president

    Thomas Boni Yayi elected president
  • Arrest in plot to poison President Yayi

  • Red Wednesday protests again Yayi

    Red Wednesday protests again Yayi
  • Patrice Talon elected president

    Patrice Talon elected president