Kérékou, A. (English notation) KerekouA

Japanese: Kérékou,A.(英語表記)KerekouA
Kérékou, A. (English notation) KerekouA

...There was a constant struggle for power among the three major political forces, led by the Bariba tribe, Sourou Migan Apithy (Yoruba tribe), and Justin Ahomadegbé (Fon tribe). The military got involved, and four coups were repeated before and after the military coup in 1972, when Major Ahmed Kérékou (1933- ) seized power. Kérékou, a young officer from a small tribe in the north (Zomba tribe), came to power at the young age of 39. In 1975, in order to put an end to the political struggles of the past, he adopted the name of the once-thriving Benin Kingdom in what is now Nigeria, rather than his own country, and changed the country's name to the People's Republic of Benin to express the Marxist-Leninist orientation of the Kérékou regime.

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Japanese:

…バリバ族出身),アピティSourou Migan Apithy(ヨルバ族出身),アホマデグベJustin Ahomadegbé(フォン族出身)をそれぞれ領袖とする三大政治勢力のあいだでの政権抗争が絶えなかった。これに軍部がからんで,72年にケレクAhmed Kérékou(1933‐ )少佐が軍事クーデタによって政権を奪取するまで,前後4回のクーデタが繰り返された。 北部の小部族(ソンバ族)出身の青年将校でわずか39歳の若さで政権の座についたケレクは,75年過去の政争に終止符を打つべく,自国内ではなく現在のナイジェリアにかつて栄えたベニン王国の名を採用し,かつケレク政権のマルクス=レーニン主義的志向を表明すべく,国名をベニン人民共和国と改めた。…

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