Àkójọ àwọn olórí orílẹ̀-èdè ilẹ̀ Benin

Awon Olori Orile-ede ile Benin

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

TenureIncumbentAffiliationNotesRepublic of DahomeyAutonomous<small>4 December 1958 to 1 August 1960René Tirant, <small>High Commissioner<small><small><small>1 August 1960  to 31 December 1960Coutoucou Hubert Maga, <small>Head of State<small>RDD<small>Republic of Dahomey(République de Dahomé)Independent from France<small>31 December 1960 to 27 October 1963Coutoucou Hubert Maga, <small>President<small>RDD<small>1st Term<small>27 October 1963 to 28 October 1963Provisional Government:-<small><small>Coutoucou Hubert Maga, <small>Head of the Provisional Government<small>RDD<small>Sourou-Migan Apithy<small>PRD<small>Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin<small>UDD<small><small>28 October 1963 to 25 January 1964General Christophe Soglo, <small>Head of the Provisional Government<small>Mil<small>1st Term<small>25 January 1964 to 27 November 1965Sourou-Migan Apithy, <small>President<small>PD<small>Forced to resign by Gen.Christophe Soglo<small>27 November 1965 to 29 November 1965Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin, <small>acting President<small>PD<small>1st Term<small>29 November 1965 to 22 December 1965Tahirou Congacou, <small>acting President<small>PD<small><small>22 December 1965 to 19 December 1967General Christophe Soglo, <small>President<small>Mil<small>2nd Term<small>19 December 1967 to 20 December 1967Jean-Baptiste Hachème, <small>Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee<small>Mil<small><small>20 December 1967 to 21 December 1967Lieutenant-Colonel Iropa Maurice Kouandété, <small>Head of State<small>Mil<small>1st Term<small>21 December 1967 to 17 July 1968Alphonse Amadou Alley, <small>Head of State<small>Mil<small><small>17 July 1968 to 10 December 1969Émile Derlin Henri Zinsou, <small>President<small><small>Nominated by the military regime; deposed<small>10 December 1969 to 13 December 1969Major Iropa Maurice Kouandété, <small>Chief-of-Staff of the Army<small>Mil<small>2nd Term<small>13 December 1969 to 7 May 1970Paul-Émile de Souza, <small>Chairman of the Directory<small>Mil<small><small>7 May 1970 to 7 May 1972Major Coutoucou Hubert Maga, <small>Chairman of the Presidential Council<small>RDD<small>2nd Term; Presidential Council formed after Presidential elections abandoned   Sourou-Migan Apithy<small>PD<small>   Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin<small>PD<small><small>7 May 1972 to 26 October 1972Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin, <small>Chairman of the Presidential Council<small>PD<small>2nd Term; deposed<small>26 October 1972 to 30 November 1975Major Mathieu Kérékou, <small>President<small>Mil/PRPB<small>1st TermPeople’s Republic of Benin  (République populaire du Benin)<small>30 November 1975 to 29 September 1980General Mathieu Kérékou, <small>President<small>Mil/PRPB<small>1st Term (contd.); changed name to Ahmed Kérékou on conversion to Islam<small>29 September 1980 to c.1990General Ahmed Kérékou, <small>President of the Military Revolutionary Government and Head of State<small>1st Term (contd.); previously named Mathieu Kérékou; shortly thereafter reportedly a Born-again Christian once again using Mathieu Kérékou; sometime Brigadier-General; re-elected 31 July 1984<small>c.1990 to 1 March 1990General Mathieu Kérékou, <small>President and Head of the Armed Forces<small>1st Term (contd.)Republic of Benin  (République du Benin)<small>1 March 1990 to 4 April 1991General Ahmed Mathieu Kérékou, <small>President<small>PPRB<small>1st Term (contd.)<small>4 April 1991 to 4 April 1996Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo, <small>President<small>PRB<small>Inaugurated 4 April 1991<small>4 April 1996 to 6 April 2006General Mathieu Ahmed Kérékou, <small>President<small>FARD<small>2nd Term; re-elected 22 March 2001; inaugurated 3 April 2001<small>6 April 2006 to 2016Thomas Yayi Boni, <small>President<small>n-p<small>Inaugurated 6 April 2006<small>11 April 2016 to presentThomas Patrice Talon, <small>President<small>n-p<small>Inaugurated 11 April 2021

Affiliations:-

<small>FARD<small>Front d'Action pour le Rénouveau et le Développement            (Action for Renewal and Development) centrist<small>PD<small>Parti Démocratique            (Democratic Party) merger of PRD and UDD 1964<small>PRB<small>Parti de la renaissance du Bénin      (Benin Rebirth Party) centrist<small>UTRD<small>Union pour le Triomphe du Renouvellement Démocratique            (Union for the Triumph of the Democratic Renewal)<small>PRD<small>Parti du Rénouveau Démocratique            (Democratic Renewal Party)<small>PRPB<small>Parti du Revolutionare Popular du Benin            (Popular Revolutionary Party of Benin) communist, only legal party 1979-1990<small>RDD<small>Rassemblement Démocratique du Dahomé            (Dahomey Democratic Rally)<small>UDD<small>Union Démocratique du Dahomé            (Dahomey Democratic Union)<small>Mil<small>Military<small>n-p<small>non-partisan [ edit this box]

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