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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 19 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 374,281 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Mathieu Kérékou is the 3,726th most popular politician (up from 4,041st in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Benin (down from 1st in 2019) 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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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mathieu Kérékou ranks 3,726 out of 15,577Before him are Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, Philip Noel-Baker, Thein Sein, Procopius, Al-Aziz Uthman, and Radomir Putnik. After him are Ma Teng, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Emperor Xianzong of Tang, King You of Zhou, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, and Catherine of Navarre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Mathieu Kérékou ranks 70Before him are Henryk Górecki, Tomislav Ivić, Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Antonio Negri, Elizabeth Montgomery, and David McCallum. After him are Cormac McCarthy, Robert Curl, John Mayall, Joan Collins, Liliana Cavani, and The Singing Nun. Among people deceased in 2015, Mathieu Kérékou ranks 56Before him are Fatema Mernissi, Ben E. King, Frei Otto, Marshall Rosenberg, Francesco Rosi, and Yoichiro Nambu. After him are Louis Jourdan, Yitzhak Navon, Boris Nemtsov, Assia Djebar, Maureen O'Hara, and Kurt Masur.

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In Benin

Among people born in Benin, Mathieu Kérékou ranks 2 out of 21Before him are Phillis Wheatley (1753). After him are Do-Aklin (1550), Djimon Hounsou (1964), Thomas Boni Yayi (1951), Hubert Maga (1916), Bernardin Gantin (1922), Patrice Talon (1958), Faure Gnassingbé (1966), Sourou-Migan Apithy (1913), Angélique Kidjo (1960), and Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin (1917).

Among POLITICIANS In Benin

Among politicians born in Benin, Mathieu Kérékou ranks 1After him are Do-Aklin (1550), Thomas Boni Yayi (1951), Hubert Maga (1916), Patrice Talon (1958), 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).