Émile Derlin Zinsou

✶March 23, 1918

†July 28, 2016

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About their life

Émile Derlin Zinsou was a Beninese politician and physician who was the President of Dahomey from 17 July 1968 until 10 December 1969, supported by the military regime that took power in 1967. Zinsou was present at the signing of the treaty that formed the African Union on 12 July 2000 in Togo. He was a nationalist.

Beninese politician; President of Benin (1968-1969)

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Biography from the article Émile Derlin Zinsou on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.