Paul-Émile de Souza

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Paul-Émile de Souza (* 1931 ; † June 17, 1999 ) was head of state from 1969 to 1970 in Dahomey, today's Benin .

head of state

After the military coup by Iropa Maurice Kouandété against the civilian president Émile Derlin Henri Zinsou , who was appointed by the military on July 17, 1968, on December 10, 1969, Kouandété himself headed the state for three days. On December 13, 1969, Lieutenant Colonel de Souza became head of state as chairman of the ruling military council. In addition to him and Kouandété, this council also included Bénoît Sinzogan.

Planned elections were canceled on April 3, 1970 after the politicians of the northern and southern parts of the country could not agree and a civil war was feared. Instead of the elections, a three-member presidential council was installed, whose members were to replace themselves at the top of the state. De Souza's term of office ended on May 7, 1970, when Coutoucou Hubert Maga became President of the Republic as a member of this council.

Individual evidence

  1. M. Paul-Emile de SOUZA 12/12/1969 - 07/05/1970 | Portail Officiel du Gouvernement Béninois. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 24, 2017 ; accessed on April 25, 2017 (fr-fr). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / gouv.bj