Basile Adjou
| Basile Adjou Moumouni | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 25, 1922 Cotonou |
| Nationality | Beninese |
| Occupation | physician |
Basile Adjou Moumouni (born October 25, 1922) is a Beninese physician. He was active in his native country when the west Africa country of Republic of Benin was called Dahomey. Spending almost his entire adult life outside his native country, he worked for the World Health Organization in Brazzaville. In the 1968 presidential election, he won with over 80 percent of the vote. This decision was annulled, however, by incumbent President Alphonse Alley because organised demonstrations prohibited almost three-quarters of the electorate from casting their ballots.
Moumouni was born in Cotonou on October 25, 1922. Moumounti graduated from the Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 University of the University of Bordeaux in France with a Doctorate of Medicine, and later qualified as a Master of Public Health and Science, obtained respectively in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and Chicago, United States. After his university studies, Moumoni returned to Cotonou, where he practised as a physician until 1959, and would later spend much of his adult life outside Dahomey's borders. When independence was obtained, Moumouni was appointed Director of the Ministry of Health for his country. From 1963 to 1968, he worked for the World Health Organization in Brazzaville, Congo.
Moumouni was one of five candidates in his country's presidential election held on May 15, 1968. He was heavily backed by supporters of former premier Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin and won the election with 83 percent of the vote, and 241,120 ballots of 289,079 cast. This made Moumouni the first democratically elected president of Dahomey since January 1964. However, only 27.6 percent of eligible voters actually voted. The election results were annulled by President Alphonse Amadou Alley because organised demonstrations prohibited almost three-quarters of the electorate from casting their ballots.
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