LC control no. | n 80067933 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Kérékou, Mathieu, 1933-2015 |
Variant(s) | Kerecou, Mathieu, 1933-2015 |
Associated country | Benin Dahomey |
Birth date | 1933-09-02 |
Death date | 2015-10-14 |
Place of birth | Kouarfa (Benin) |
Place of death | Cotonou (Benin) |
Affiliation | Parti de la révolution populaire du Bénin |
Profession or occupation | Presidents Statesmen Armies--Officers |
Found in | Discours, between 1975 and 1979- : v. 2, p. 2 (Chief of State, Lieutenant-Colonel Mathieu Kérékou) Internat. WW, 1979-80: p. 643 (Kérékou, Lt.-Col. Mathieu, b. 9/2/33, Natitingou, Pres. and Prime Minister of Benin, 1972-) Statesman's year-book, 1978-1979: p. 209 (pres. Lieut.-Col. Mathieu Kerecou) Wikipedia, Sept. 30, 2013 (Mathieu Kérékou (b. Sept. 2 1933, Kouarfa, French Dahomey) was President of Benin from 1972 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2006) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathieu_K%C3%A9r%C3%A9kou> New York times WWW site, viewed Oct. 16, 2015 (in obituary published Oct. 15: Mathieu Kérékou; b. Sept. 2, 1933, Kouarfa, Dahomey [now Benin]; d. Wednesday [Oct. 14, 2015], Cotonou, Benin, aged 82; seized control of the West African nation of Benin [called Dahomey until Nov. 30, 1975] in a military coup in 1972 and proclaimed a one-party Marxist state, but nearly two decades later presided over the region's first peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy) |
Associated language | fre |