Michel Aïkpé

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Michel Aïkpé (* 1942 in Bohicon , French Dahomey , today: Benin ; † June 20, 1975 ) was a politician from Benin and an officer in the Benin armed forces (Forces armées) .

Life

Aïkpé first attended a primary school in his native Bohicon and the technical-military school in Bingerville . He then continued his education in France, first in Strasbourg , then at the Saint-Cyr military school , where he obtained a diploma in experimental science, and finally at the military training center in Mont-Louis , where he trained as an instructor. He then returned to Dahomey and became the commander of the first airborne troops stationed in Ouidah . In 1966 he joined the military council, which had come to power after a coup the previous year, and became its vice-president in 1967. Aïkpé belonged to the Marxist group within the army.

On May 8, 1968, Aïkpé was first lieutenant (Sous-Lieutenant) Minister for Interior and Security (Ministre de l'Interieur et de la Securité) in the military government of Lieutenant Colonel Alphonse Amadou Alley and thus successor to Captain Barthélemy Ohouens , the Minister for Justice and legislation was. He held the office of minister until July 17, 1968. He was later promoted to captain . After the overthrow of the three-member presidential council of Coutoucou Hubert Maga , Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin and Sourou-Migan Apithy by a putsch planned by him, Michel Alladaye and Janvier Assogba under the leadership of Mathieu Kérékou on October 26, 1972, he again took over the office of minister for Home and Security. In 1975 he also became Prefect of the Borgou Department . In the same year, Aïkpé was promoted to major . According to a government release, he was killed by the Presidential Guard on June 20, 1975 after allegedly committing adultery with President Mathieu Kérékou's wife .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aikpe, Major Michel In: Makers of Modern Africa: Profiles in History. Africa Books, London 1991.
  2. ↑ Année africaine , p. 224, Editions A. Pedone, 1970
  3. ↑ Mamoudou Gazibo: Les paradoxes de la démocratisation en Afrique: analyze institutionalnelle et stratégique , pp. 61, 246, PUM, 2005
  4. ^ Jacques L. Koko: National Conference as a Strategy for Conflict Transformation and Peacemaking , pp. 54, 76, Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd, 2008
  5. ↑ Edwige Chekpo: FEMME: Célébration et Actions Célèbres: Hommage aux femmes , p. 37, Atramenta, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Aïkpé, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Beninese politician (Republic of Dahomey)
DATE OF BIRTH 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Bohicon , French Dahomey , today: Benin
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1975