About Francis Covi
Lived 1905 – 1966 (aged 61). Francis Covi was a French politician.
Francis Marino Mensah Covi (5 February 1906 – 14 November 1966) was a Dahomeyan politician and educator.
Biography Covi was born in Ouidah on 5 February 1906. He earned admission to the Ecole William Ponty in Senegal in 1919 and also studied in Aix-en-Provence, France.
Covi returned to Dahomey in 1926 and became the leader of the Porto-Novo and later Cotonou school systems. He served in the General Council and later Territorial Assembly. From 1957 to 1959 he was president of the Territorial Assembly. He served as president of the Dahomeyan Unity Party and chaired the Finances and Budget Committees in the National Assembly. Covi died on 14 November 1966 in Porto-Novo.
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Who was Francis Covi?
Dahomean politician (1905-1966)
When was Francis Covi born?
Francis Covi was born on 5 February 1905 in Ouidah.
When did Francis Covi die?
Francis Covi died on 13 December 1966 in Porto-Novo.
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Francis Covi was a politician.
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Francis Covi was French.
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