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BookRags: Sourou Migan Apithy Biography (667 words) |
 | Sourou Apithy was born in Porto Novo on April 8, 1913 and attended local mission schools. |
| In the 1957 elections for the legislature Apithy's party was opposed by the Union Démocratique Dahoméene (UDD), which was based in Abomey and was led by Justin Ahomadegbe, and by the northern Mouvement Démocratique Dahoméen (MDD) of Hubert Maga. |
| Violent protests caused Apithy to concede 9 of the PRD seats to the UDD and to agree to serve under Maga's leadership. |
| Christophe Soglo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (194 words) |
| After reorganizing the government, he gave up power in January 1964 and allowed former premier Sourou-Migan Apithy to become president. |
| Soon Apithy and other political leaders began massive feuds over policies. |
| After repeatedly encouraging the various political forces to agree to dialogue, Soglo again overthrew the government in November 1965 and served as President of Benin under a military government until December 1967, when a group of younger army officers overthrew him. |
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