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Alphonse Alley

1930 - 1987

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Alphonse Amadou Alley (April 9, 1930 – March 28, 1987) was a Beninese army officer and political figure. He was most active when his country was known as Dahomey. He was born in Bassila, central Dahomey, and enrolled in schools in Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal before enlisting in the French army in 1950. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alphonse Alley has received more than 56,365 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Alphonse Alley is the 14,427th most popular politician (down from 14,169th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Benin and the 11th most popular Beninese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alphonse Alley ranks 14,427 out of 19,576Before him are Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Nurul Amin, Niels Neergaard, Shapur-i Shahrvaraz, Bagrat V of Georgia, and Laurance Rockefeller. After him are Raila Odinga, David Padilla, José Graziano da Silva, William M. Evarts, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, and William Huskisson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Alphonse Alley ranks 396Before him are Jean Tabary, Ivan Kolev, Sigvard Ericsson, Bayram Şit, David Amram, and Aureliano Bolognesi. After him are Christian Schwarz-Schilling, Abbey Lincoln, Atef Sedky, Nina Grebeshkova, Schafik Hándal, and Pavel Schmidt. Among people deceased in 1987, Alphonse Alley ranks 181Before him are Uwe Barschel, James Jesus Angleton, Franjo Wölfl, Igor Ilyinsky, Galo Plaza, and Gerald Moore. After him are Arne Borg, František Šafránek, C. L. Moore, Elizabeth Hartman, Arturo Torres Carrasco, and John Hammond.

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In Benin

Among people born in Benin, Alphonse Alley ranks 15 out of 25Before him are Faure Gnassingbé (1966), Angélique Kidjo (1960), Sourou-Migan Apithy (1913), Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin (1917), Christophe Soglo (1909), and Émile Derlin Zinsou (1918). After him are Paul-Émile de Souza (1930), Maurice Kouandété (1932), Tahirou Congacou (1913), Adrien Houngbédji (1942), Coffi Codjia (1967), and Stéphane Sessègnon (1984).

Among POLITICIANS In Benin

Among politicians born in Benin, Alphonse Alley ranks 11Before him are Hubert Maga (1916), Faure Gnassingbé (1966), Sourou-Migan Apithy (1913), Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin (1917), Christophe Soglo (1909), and Émile Derlin Zinsou (1918). After him are Paul-Émile de Souza (1930), Maurice Kouandété (1932), Tahirou Congacou (1913), Adrien Houngbédji (1942), Coffi Codjia (1967), and Pascal Koupaki (1951).