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About Joseph Keke
- Joseph Adjignon Keke (December 5, 1927 â July 1, 2017) was a Beninese politician. Joseph Adjignon Keke was officially born on December 5, 1927 in Avrankou.
- He earned a degree in law and was an engineer in farming techniques.
- He flew back to Dahomey in 1956 and soon became Sourou-Migan Apithy's prime lieutenant.
- He was elected a deputy in 1959, representing the Parti Républicain Dahoméen, and became the party's vice president until 1960.
- He had been appointed minister of justice in Hubert Maga's first administration, serving from November 1960 to 1963.
- He was deposed as a minister in the 1963 coup.
- With the creation of the Presidential Council in 1970, Hubert Maga appointed Adjignon Keke Joseph minister of economics and planning.
- He served in this role until 1973 when he was deposed in an other coupAdjignon Keke Joseph practiced law in Cotonou during Mathieu Kérékou's military rule.
- In 1990, with the return to civilian politics, he made his political return as a party leader since Apithy had died the previous year.
- He joined with Justin AhomadĂ©gbĂ©-TomĂȘtin to form the Rassemblement National pour la Democratie.
- Keke was elected to the Beninese National Assembly.
- Despite being Nicephore Soglo's choice as speaker, he did not attain that position.
- Keke died on 1 July 2017, supposedly aged 89.
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