Benin profile - Timeline

Edit BBC News 04 Jun 2015
1963 - President Maga is deposed in a coup led by the army's Chief of Staff, Colonel Christophe Soglo ... 1965 - General Soglo forces the president to step down and a provisional government is formed ... Lt Col Alphonse Alley replaces Gen Soglo as head of state ... The largest grouping is an alliance of pro-Soglo parties. 1991 March - President Kerekou is beaten by Nicephore Soglo in the first multi-candidate presidential elections....
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