Jean-Baptiste Hachème

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Jean-Baptiste Hachème (born June 24, 1929 in Porto-Novo ) is a Beninese military and politician. A member of the Fon people , he entered the political arena in 1963 when he helped put down riots by supporters of former President Hubert Maga . Subsequently he served under various governments and even became de facto head of Dahomey for a short time .

He was released from the army twice, probably because of his southern origin. Both times he was reinstated shortly afterwards and placed in small or largely functionless posts. Hachème was charged on February 28, 1973 with planning a coup d'état against President Mathieu Kérékou and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. He was given an amnesty in 1984.

Career

Hachème was born in Porto-Novo. He joined the military and achieved the rank of major. In 1963 he was involved in the suppression of uprisings that supporters of Hubert Maga had started in his hometown Parakou . Samuel Decalo describes Hachèmes' approach as "brutal".

During a period of extreme regionalism in Dahomey, Hachème's power grew. During this time, historical tensions between the old kingdoms of Abomey , Porto-Novo and several tribes of the north were released. Ultimately, three "tribal zones" emerged: north, south-east and south-west. This regionalization also spread to the military, with the officers divided into cliques depending on their training. Hachème belonged to the "Abomey clique", which also included officers Philippe Aho , Benoit Sinzogan and Benoit Adandejan .

Hachème briefly became head of the Comite Militare de Vigilance in 1967, which was founded in support of President Christophe Soglo's regime. When Maurice Kouandete seized power in the same year, Hachème was appointed chairman of the interim government, the Comite Militaire Revolutionaire . He was de facto head of state of 18 to 19 December 1967. Émile Derlin Zinsou was appointed in August 1968 as president making the Comite lost its function and was dissolved.

However, Hachème did not see the dissolution of the committee because he had been discharged from the army in January on charges of planning a plot against Kouandete and Alphonse Alley . In the mid-1970s, Hachème was appointed Chief of Staff des Service Civique , a post that was inoperative. The civique had a more agricultural character. Captain Pierre Kadjo Koffi became his assistant.

Next life

In October 1972, when Mathieu Kérékou seized power, Hachème was again discharged from the army and given the post of Commissioner of Dahomeys Ceramic Crafts (SONAC), another non-functional post. Along with Alphonse Alley and Pascal Chabi Kao , Hachème was charged with planning a coup d'état against President Mathieu Kérékou on February 28, 1973 and was sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. Hachème was released under amnesty on August 1, 1984, along with other political prisoners, including those responsible for the "ignoble and barbarous imperialist armed aggression of Sunday, January 16, 1977" (ignoble and barbarous imperialist armed aggression of Sunday, January 16, 1977 ).

literature

  • Samuel Decalo: Regionalism, Politics, and the Military in Dahomey. In: The Journal of Developing Areas. College of Business, Tennessee State University, vol. April 7, 3, 1973. jstor = 4190033.
  • Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Dahomey (People's Republic of Benin). Scarecrow Press, Metuchen (New Jersey) 1976. ISBN 0-8108-0833-1 oclc = 1959674.
  • Noel Dossou-Yovo: The Experience of Benin. In: International Journal on World Peace. vol. September 16, 3, 1999. [1] issn = 0742-3640, oclc = 211426384.
  • Dov Ronen: Dahomey: Between Tradition and Modernity. Cornell University Press, Ithaca (New York) 1975. ISBN 0-8014-0927-6 oclc = 1527290.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Decalo 1976: 68.
  2. ↑ Decalo 1973: 453.
  3. ↑ Dossou-Yovo 1999: 60th
  4. ↑ Decalo 1973: 471.
  5. ↑ Decalo 1976: 38.
  6. ↑ Decalo 1976: 110.
  7. ↑ Ronen 1975: 221.
  8. ↑ Hein Goemans, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Giacomo Chiozza: Archigos: A Data Set of Leaders 1875-2004.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Rochester University July 2006: 214.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mail.rochester.edu  
personal data
SURNAME Hachème, Jean-Baptiste
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Beninese military and politicians
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Porto-Novo