Basile Adjou Moumouni
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Basile Adjou Moumouni was a Beninese physician. He was active in his native country when the west Africa country of Republic of Benin was called Dahomey. Spending almost his entire adult life outside
Moumouni graduated from the Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 University of Bordeaux as a Doctor of Medicine
Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin
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Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin was a Beninese politician most active when his country was known as Dahomey. He arose on a political scene where one's power was dictated by what region of Dahomey one lived
Basile Adjou Moumouni
…Moumouni was one of five candidates in his country's presidential election held on May 15, 1968. He was heavily backed by supporters of former premier Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin and won the election with 83 percent of the vote, and 241,120 ballots of 289,079 cast. This made Moumouni the first democratically elected president…
Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin in 1964
Ahomadegbe-Tometin with Israeli prime minister Levi Eshkol, 1964
Togolese president Etienne Eyadema, who would later change his name to Gnassingbé Eyadéma. His decision to extradite opposition leader Noe Kutuklui, and the Presidential Council's agreement, helped to undermine its popularity.
Mathieu Kérékou, who overthrew the Presidential Council in 1972, in a 2006 photograph