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{{Infobox country|name=People's Republic of Benin|image_flag=Flag of Benin (1975–1990).png|image_coat=Emblem of Benin (1975–1990).png|capital=Porto-Novo|largest_city=capital|mode_of_production=[[Socialism]]|government_type=Unitary Marxist-Leninist [[socialist state]]|title_leader=President|year_leader1=1975 – 1990|leader1=Mathieu Kérékou|legislature=[[Revolutionary National Assembly]]}} | {{Infobox country|name=People's Republic of Benin|image_flag=Flag of Benin (1975–1990).png|image_coat=Emblem of Benin (1975–1990).png|capital=Porto-Novo|largest_city=capital|mode_of_production=[[Socialism]]|government_type=Unitary Marxist-Leninist [[socialist state]]|title_leader=President|year_leader1=1975 – 1990|leader1=Mathieu Kérékou|legislature=[[Revolutionary National Assembly]]|p1=[[Republic of Dahomey]]|s1=[[Republic of Benin|Benin]]|flag_p1=Flag of Benin.svg.png|flag_s1=Flag of Benin.svg.png}} | ||
The '''People's Republic of Benin''' was a socialist state in West Africa established by Major Mathieu Kérékou in the developments that followed the 1972 coup d'état, within which Kérékou established a 12 member revolutionary council and arrested the three former presidents of Dahomey. Kérékou announced that the new state ideology would be Marxism-Leninism and oversaw the nationalization of major companies and banks while French properties across the country were looted.<ref>{{Citation|author=Noel Dossou-Yovo|year=1999|title=THE EXPERIENCE OF BENIN|title-url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20753219|publisher=Paragon House}}</ref> | The '''People's Republic of Benin''' was a [[Socialism|socialist]] state in [[West Africa]] established by Major [[Mathieu Kérékou]] in the developments that followed the 1972 coup d'état, within which Kérékou established a 12 member revolutionary council and arrested the three former presidents of Dahomey. Kérékou announced that the new state ideology would be [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxism-Leninism]] and oversaw the nationalization of major companies and banks while [[French Republic|French]] properties across the country were looted.<ref>{{Citation|author=Noel Dossou-Yovo|year=1999|title=THE EXPERIENCE OF BENIN|title-url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20753219|publisher=Paragon House}}</ref> | ||
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| Capital and largest city | Porto-Novo | ||||||||
| Dominant mode of production | Socialism | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary Marxist-Leninist socialist state | ||||||||
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• 1975 – 1990 | Mathieu Kérékou | ||||||||
| Legislature | Revolutionary National Assembly | ||||||||
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The People's Republic of Benin was a socialist state in West Africa established by Major Mathieu Kérékou in the developments that followed the 1972 coup d'état, within which Kérékou established a 12 member revolutionary council and arrested the three former presidents of Dahomey. Kérékou announced that the new state ideology would be Marxism-Leninism and oversaw the nationalization of major companies and banks while French properties across the country were looted.[1]
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- ↑ Noel Dossou-Yovo (1999). THE EXPERIENCE OF BENIN. Paragon House.