Émile Derlin Zinsou
Beninese politician (1918-2016)
Émile Derlin Zinsou (23 March 1918 in Ouidah – 28 July 2016 in Cotonou) was an Beninese politician. Zinsou served as the President of Benin from 17 July 1968 until 10 December 1969.[1] He was previously Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1962 to 1963 and again from 1965 to 1967. He was said to have opposed the one-party Marxist policies of Mathieu Kérékou, who ruled Benin from 1972 to 1990.[2]
Émile Derlin Henri Zinsou | |
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President of Dahomey | |
In office 17 July 1968 – 10 December 1969 | |
Preceded by | Alphonse Amadou Alley |
Succeeded by | Iropa Maurice Kouandété |
Personal details | |
Born | Ouidah, Dahomey | 23 March 1918
Died | 28 July 2016 Cotonou, Benin | (aged 98)
Profession | Politician, physician |
References
change- ↑ Release No 69-83F (1969). "Apollo 11 Goodwill Messages" (PDF). NASA. pp. 16–17.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Thibaud Nagnonhou, "5e Conseil national de l’UNDP : Le Président Zinsou et les siens jettent leur dévolu sur Yayi Boni" Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, L'Informateur (sonangnon.net), 23 January 2006 (in French).
- ↑ "Former President of Benin, Emile Zinsou, dead". Africanews. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ↑ Staff (29 July 2016). "Bénin: disparition de l'ancien président Emile Derlin Zinsou" (in French). Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
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