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    Coutoucou Hubert Maga (August 10, 1916 – May 8, 2000) was a politician from Dahomey (now known as Benin). He arose on a political scene where one's power...
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    between three leading political figures: Ahomadégbé, Hubert Maga, and Sourou-Migan Apithy. Maga peacefully handed power to Ahomadégbé on May 7, 1972....
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    (1820–1875), German anatomist Hubert Lyautey (1854–1934), French general Hubert Maga (1916–2000), President of Dahomey Hubertus van Mook (1894–1965), Governor-General...
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    Constitutive Assembly and was re-elected for a number of terms. When Hubert Maga nominated him to that function, he was also the prime minister of Dahomey...
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    who dominated the southeast, and Hubert Maga, whose power base was located in the north. Upon independence, Maga became the first president of Dahomey...
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  • film maker Surname Hubert Maga (1916–2000), Dahomean politician (Benin) Othmar Mága (1929–2020), German music conductor Zoltán Mága (born 1974), Hungarian...
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    country to independence was Hubert Maga. After 1960, there were coups and regime changes, with the figures of Hubert Maga, Sourou Apithy, Justin Ahomadégbé...
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  • Council which included the three main political figures in the country: Hubert Maga, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, and Sourou-Migan Apithy. In addition, the...
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  • control of the Republic of Dahomey to prevent a civil war. He overthrew Hubert Maga, whose presidency faced extreme economic stagnation and a host of other...
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    France Portugal 1 August 1960 31 July 1961 Hubert Maga  Benin  French West Africa  France 1 August 1960 Hubert Maga –  Niger 3 August 1960 Hamani Diori –  Burkina...
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    Coup successful 28 October 1963  Dahomey 1963 Dahomeyan coup d'état Hubert Maga Christophe Soglo Coup successful 17 February 1964  Gabon 1964 Gabonese...
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    incidents in Parakou on the eve of the elections. Former presidents Hubert Maga, Sourou-Migan Apithy, and Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin received a majority...
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    7 May 1970 until 26 October 1972. The Presidential Council included Hubert Maga (former president from 1960 to 1963), Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin (former...
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    taught in several schools in the north of the country, including CEG Hubert-Maga and the Notre-Dame de Fatima seminary, as well as in higher education...
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    French Dahomey led by Hubert Maga. The party was established in August 1957 by a merger of the Dahomeyan Democratic Movement led by Maga and the Independents...
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    in Atakora being annulled, denying Hubert Maga victory. In order to prevent a civil war, Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, Maga and the other main candidate Sourou-Migan...
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    gained full independence from France. The republic's first president was Hubert Maga, who had been the Prime Minister during the overseas territory's last...
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    debt exploded from 424 to 817 million. The three former presidents, Hubert Maga, Sourou Migan Apithy, and Justin Ahomadegbe (imprisoned in 1972) were...
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    minister(s) Took office Left office Time in office Republic of Dahomey 1 Hubert Maga (1916–2000) 1960 1 August 1960 28 October 1963 (deposed.) 3 years, 88 days...
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    2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27. "Un champion de l'unité dahoméenne: Hubert Maga". Le Monde. 1961-10-26. Archived from the original on 2021-07-24. Retrieved...
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    presidential election, in which three members of the Presidential Council (Hubert Maga, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin and Sourou-Migan Apithy) were to rotate in...
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  • under western Europe Republic of Dahomey Presidents (complete list) – Hubert Maga, President (1960–1963) Christophe Soglo, Head of the Provisional Government...
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  • lost out to Sourou-Migan Apithy of the List of the French Union and Hubert Maga of the Ethnic Group of the North who became the two deputies of Dahomey...
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    Jacques Foccart (left), Hubert Maga (center), and Guy Chavanne (right) visiting a school in Torcy, Seine-et-Marne in 1961....
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    V. V. Giri  India President Moktar Ould Daddah  Mauritania President Hubert Maga  Dahomey President Nicolae Ceaușescu  Romania First Lady Elena Ceaușescu...
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    Jacques Foccart Jacques Foccart (left), Hubert Maga (center), and Guy Chavanne (right) visiting a school in Torcy, Seine-et-Marne in 1961. Secretary-General...
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    time the UPD splintered into ethnic/regional factions led by Apithy, Hubert Maga, and Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin. Zinsou merged the remainder of the UPD...
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    earlier, forced the resignation of former president Hubert Maga from the provisional government, accusing Maga of involvement in an assassination attempt. Following...
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    2013 Status Abolished Appointer President of Benin Formation 1 August 1960 First holder Hubert Maga Final holder Lionel Zinsou Abolished 6 April 2016...
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    independence, from 1961 to 1963 he was an aide-de-camp to Dahomeyan President Hubert Maga. Following Maurice Kouandété's coup d'état in December 1967, Kérékou...
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