| People's Republic of Benin | |
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| Capital and largest city | Porto-Novo |
| Dominant mode of production | Socialism |
| Government | Unitary Marxist-Leninist socialist state |
| President | |
• 1975 – 1990 | Mathieu Kérékou |
| Legislature | Revolutionary National Assembly |
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]
- ↑ Noel Dossou-Yovo (1999). THE EXPERIENCE OF BENIN. Paragon House.