{"id":2131,"date":"2025-10-26T08:02:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T07:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redaction.oxygene-benin.bj\/?p=2131"},"modified":"2025-10-26T08:02:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T07:02:47","slug":"26-octobre-1972-26-octobre-2025-53-ans-apres-le-coup-detat-de-mathieu-kerekou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redaction.oxygene-benin.bj\/?p=2131","title":{"rendered":"\u200e26 octobre 1972 \u2013 26 octobre 2025: 53 ans apr\u00e8s le coup d\u2019\u00c9tat de Mathieu K\u00e9r\u00e9kou \u200e"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Aujourd\u2019hui, cela fait exactement 53 ans que le B\u00e9nin a connu un grand virement dans son histoire politique. Le 26 octobre 1972, un jeune officier, le chef de bataillon Mathieu K\u00e9r\u00e9kou, prenait le pouvoir par la force. En faisant cela, il avait mis fin \u00e0 une p\u00e9riode de grande instabilit\u00e9 politique<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u200e\u00c0 l\u2019\u00e9poque, le B\u00e9nin s\u2019appelait encore le Dahomey. Depuis son ind\u00e9pendance en 1960, le pays faisait l&rsquo;objet d&rsquo;une s\u00e9rie de crises politiques. Les dirigeants se succ\u00e9daient, les coups d\u2019\u00c9tat \u00e9taient fr\u00e9quents, et le peuple ne savait plus \u00e0 quel saint se vouer. En 1970, une solution, pens\u00e9e pour r\u00e9guler la situation, avait \u00e9t\u00e9 mise en place. Quelle est cette solution ? Un Conseil Pr\u00e9sidentiel compos\u00e9 de trois anciens pr\u00e9sidents: Hubert Maga, Sourou-Migan Apithy et Justin Tom\u00e8tin Ahomad\u00e9gb\u00e9. Ces derniers devaient se relayer, tour \u00e0 tour, au pouvoir. Mais cette formule n\u2019a pas tenu longtemps. Le 26 octobre 1972, Mathieu K\u00e9r\u00e9kou, avec l\u2019appui de ses camarades militaires du sous-groupement d\u2019appui de Ouidah, ont d\u00e9cid\u00e9 d\u2019agir. Ils ont renvers\u00e9 le Conseil Pr\u00e9sidentiel et ont pris le contr\u00f4le du pays. Dans son premier discours, il annonce vouloir mettre fin aux querelles de politiciens et instaurer un r\u00e9gime plus stable. Bien que militaire, ce coup d&rsquo;\u00c9tat \u00e9tait accueilli avec un certain soulagement par une partie de la population qui avait marre des divisions politiques.<\/p>\n<p>\u200eApr\u00e8s avoir pris le pouvoir, K\u00e9r\u00e9kou a dirig\u00e9 le pays pendant plusieurs ann\u00e9es. En 1975, il change le nom du pays: le Dahomey devient la R\u00e9publique populaire du B\u00e9nin. Il adopte une id\u00e9ologie marxiste-l\u00e9niniste et centralise le pouvoir. Ce r\u00e9gime durera jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la fin des ann\u00e9es 1980, avant que le pays ne revienne \u00e0 un syst\u00e8me d\u00e9mocratique.<\/p>\n<p>\u200e53 ans plus tard, cette date rev\u00eat une certaine importance. Elle nous rappelle les d\u00e9fis que le B\u00e9nin a d\u00fb surmonter pour construire une nation stable. 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