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 |