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Mathieu Kérékou

1933 - 2015

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Mathieu Kérékou (French pronunciation: [ma.tjø ke.ʁe.ku]; 2 September 1933 – 14 October 2015) was a Beninese politician who served as president of the People's Republic of Benin from 1972 to 1991 and the Republic of Benin from 1996 to 2006. After seizing power in a military coup, he ruled the country for 18 years, for most of that time under an officially Marxist–Leninist ideology, before he was stripped of his powers by the National Conference of 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mathieu Kérékou has received more than 398,382 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Mathieu Kérékou is the 3,425th most popular politician (up from 3,716th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Benin and the most popular Beninese Politician.

Mathieu Kérékou is most famous for being the president of Benin from 1972 to 1990. He is also known for being the first president to come from the African working class and for his socialist policies.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mathieu Kérékou ranks 3,425 out of 19,576. Before him are Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, Artavasdes II of Armenia, Philip II, Lu Su, Emperor Hui of Jin, and Simeon of Moscow. After him are Albert VI, Archduke of Austria, Christine of France, Nicomedes IV of Bithynia, Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons, Mauno Koivisto, and John George III, Elector of Saxony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Mathieu Kérékou ranks 62. Before him are Ilia II of Georgia, Cormac McCarthy, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, John Gurdon, Tomislav Ivić, and Philip Zimbardo. After him are Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Horst Buchholz, Edmund Phelps, Henryk Górecki, Richard S. Castellano, and Willie Nelson. Among people deceased in 2015, Mathieu Kérékou ranks 52. Before him are Frei Otto, René Girard, James Horner, Fatema Mernissi, Yves Chauvin, and Benedict Anderson. After him are Michele Ferrero, Richard F. Heck, Assia Djebar, Pierre Brice, Louis Jourdan, and Marshall Rosenberg.

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In Benin

Among people born in Benin, Mathieu Kérékou ranks 2 out of 25. Before him are Phillis Wheatley (1753). After him are Do-Aklin (1550), Djimon Hounsou (1964), Thomas Boni Yayi (1951), Patrice Talon (1958), Bernardin Gantin (1922), Hubert Maga (1916), Faure Gnassingbé (1966), Angélique Kidjo (1960), Sourou-Migan Apithy (1913), and Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In Benin

Among politicians born in Benin, Mathieu Kérékou ranks 1. After him are Do-Aklin (1550), Thomas Boni Yayi (1951), Patrice Talon (1958), Hubert Maga (1916), Faure Gnassingbé (1966), Sourou-Migan Apithy (1913), Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin (1917), Christophe Soglo (1909), Émile Derlin Zinsou (1918), Alphonse Alley (1930), and Paul-Émile de Souza (1930).

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