Timeline Monday 19 February 1990

Events on Monday 19 February 1990 1

• 1990 Benin holds National Conference Marxist government cedes power peacefully Benin's National Conference of Active Forces met in Cotonou from 19 to 28 February 1990, stripping President Mathieu Kérékou of most of his powers. The peaceful conference dismantled nearly two decades of Marxist-Leninist rule. It became a model for democratic transitions across French-speaking Africa.