What was the name until 1975 of the country now called Benin?
Benin has had a tumultuous history since then, with many different democratic governments, military coups, and military governments. A Marxist–Leninist state called the People's Republic of Benin existed between 1975 and 1990. In 1991, it was replaced by the current multi-party Republic of Benin. During the colonial period and at independence, the country was known as Dahomey. On 30 November 1975, it was renamed to Benin, after the body of water on which the country lies—the Bight of Benin. This had been named by Europeans after the Benin Empire in present-day Nigeria. The country of Benin has no connection to Benin
People's Revolutionary Party of Benin received 1,695,860 votes (89.6%). In 1989, the party renounced Marxism-Leninism as its ideological guidance. It remained the governing force of Benin until 1990. The party was dissolved in 1990 and succeeded by the Union of Forces of Progress. People's Revolutionary Party of Benin The People's Revolutionary Party of Benin () was a political party in the People's Republic of Benin. It was founded in 1975 by General Mathieu Kérékou. With the new constitution of November 30, 1975, PRPB became the sole legal party in the country. Ideologically, the party was committed to Marxism-Leninism. In the parliamentary elections of 1979, 1984