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List of Heads of State of Benin


(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Term Incumbent Affiliation Notes
Republic of Dahomey Autonomous
4 December 1958 to 1 August 1960 René Tirant, High Commissioner
1 August 1960 to 31 December 1960 Coutoucou Hubert Maga, Head of State RDD
Republic of Dahomey Independent
31 December 1960 to 27 October 1963 Coutoucou Hubert Maga, President RDD 1st Term
27 October 1963 to 28 October 1963 Provisional Government:-
Coutoucou Hubert Maga, Head of Provisional Government RDD
Sourou Migan Apithy PRD
Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin UDD
28 October 1963 to 25 January 1964 Christophe Soglo, Head of Provisional Government Mil 1st Term
25 January 1964 to 27 November 1965 Sourou Migan Apithy, President PD
27 November 1965 to 29 November 1965 Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin, acting President PD 1st Term
29 November 1965 to 22 December 1965 Tahirou Congacou, acting President PD
22 December 1965 to 19 December 1967 Christophe Soglo, President Mil 2nd Term
19 December 1967 to 20 December 1967 Jean-Baptiste Hachème, Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee Mil
20 December 1967 to 21 December 1967 Iropa Maurice Kouandété, Head of State Mil 1st Term
21 December 1967 to 17 July 1968 Alphonse Amadou Alley, Head of State Mil
17 July 1968 to 10 December 1969 Émile Derlin Henri Zinsou, President
10 December 1969 to 13 December 1969 Iropa Maurice Kouandété, Chief-of-Staff of the Army Mil 2nd Term
13 December 1969 to 7 May 1970 Paul-Émile de Souza, Chairman of the Directory Mil
7 May 1970 to 7 May 1972 Coutoucou Hubert Maga, Chairman of the Presidential Council RDD 2nd Term
7 May 1972 to 26 October 1972 Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin, Chairman of the Presidential Council PD 2nd Term
26 October 1972 to 30 November 1975 Mathieu Kérékou, President Mil/PRPB 1st Term
People’s Republic of Benin
30 November 1975 to 1 March 1990 Mathieu Kérékou, President Mil/PRPB 1st Term (contd.)
Republic of Benin
1 March 1990 to 4 April 1991 Mathieu Kérékou, President PRB 1st Term (contd.)
4 April 1991 to 4 April 1996 Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo, President PRB
4 April 1996 to present Mathieu Kérékou, President FARD 2nd Term



[edit] Affiliations:-

FARD = Front d'Action pour le Rénouveau et le Développement (Action for Renewal and Development) – centrist
PD = Parti Démocratique (Democratic Party, merger of PRD and UDD 1964)
PRB = Parti de la Renaissance du Bénin (Party for the Rebirth of Benin) – centrist
UTRD = Union pour le Triomphe du Renouvellement Démocratique (Union for the Triumph of the Democratic Renewal)
PRD = Parti du Rénouveau Démocratique (Democratic Renewal Party)
PRPB = Parti du Revolutionare Popular du Benin (Popular Revolutionary Party of Benin only legal party 1979-1990) - communist
RDD = Rassemblement Démocratique du Dahomé (Dahomey Democratic Rally)
UDD = Union Démocratique du Dahomé (Dahomey Democratic Union)
Mil = Military

[edit] See also:-


Benin, List of Presidents of