Sourou-Migan Apithy held public office at a time when the terms of that office were themselves being contested.
The record lists Sourou-Migan Apithy as Beninese politician (1913-1989).
Sourou-Migan Apithy was born at Porto-Novo in 1913. His recorded nationality is Benin. He was educated at École Libre des Sciences Politiques and Centre de perfectionnement aux affaires.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, mass movements, total war and the collapse of empires reshaped what a political career could be.
The record of office reads: President of Dahomey (1964–1965), member of the French National Assembly (1945–1946) and member of the French National Assembly (1946–1946).
His political affiliation is recorded as African Democratic Rally.
Power is judged twice: once by contemporaries who felt it, and again by historians who did not.
That the career was made in Benin is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Sourou-Migan Apithy died in 1989, aged 76. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- President of Dahomey (1964–1965)
- member of the French National Assembly (1945–1946)
- member of the French National Assembly (1946–1946)
- member of the French National Assembly (1946–1951)
- Educated at École Libre des Sciences Politiques and Centre de perfectionnement aux affaires
