List of heads of state of Benin
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[edit] List of Heads of State of Benin
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | 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 from France | ||
| (République de Dahomé) | |||
| 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 the Provisional Government | RDD | ||
| Sourou-Migan Apithy | PRD | ||
| Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin | UDD | ||
| 28 October 1963 to 25 January 1964 | General Christophe Soglo, Head of the Provisional Government | Mil | 1st Term |
| 25 January 1964 to 27 November 1965 | Sourou-Migan Apithy, President | PD | Forced to resign by Gen.Christophe Soglo |
| 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 | General 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 | Lieutenant-Colonel 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 | Nominated by the military regime; deposed | |
| 10 December 1969 to 13 December 1969 | Major 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 | Major Coutoucou Hubert Maga, Chairman of the Presidential Council | RDD | 2nd Term; Presidential Council formed after Presidential elections abandoned |
| Sourou-Migan Apithy | PD | ||
| Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin | PD | ||
| 7 May 1972 to 26 October 1972 | Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin, Chairman of the Presidential Council | PD | 2nd Term; deposed |
| 26 October 1972 to 30 November 1975 | Major Mathieu Kérékou, President | Mil/PRPB | 1st Term |
| People’s Republic of Benin (République populaire du Benin) | |||
| 30 November 1975 to 29 September 1980 | General Mathieu Kérékou, President | Mil/PRPB | 1st Term (contd.); changed name to Ahmed Kérékou on conversion to Islam |
| 29 September 1980 to c.1990 | General Ahmed Kérékou, President of the Military Revolutionary Government and Head of State | 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 | |
| c.1990 to 1 March 1990 | General Mathieu Kérékou, President and Head of the Armed Forces | 1st Term (contd.) | |
| Republic of Benin (République du Benin) | |||
| 1 March 1990 to 4 April 1991 | General Ahmed Mathieu Kérékou, President | PPRB | 1st Term (contd.) |
| 4 April 1991 to 4 April 1996 | Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo, President | PRB | Inaugurated 4 April 1991 |
| 4 April 1996 to 6 April 2006 | General Mathieu Ahmed Kérékou, President | FARD | 2nd Term; re-elected 22 March 2001; inaugurated 3 April 2001 |
| 6 April 2006 to present | Thomas Yayi Boni, President | n-p | Inaugurated 6 April 2006 |
[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 (Benin Rebirth Party) 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) communist, only legal party 1979-1990 |
| RDD | Rassemblement Démocratique du Dahomé (Dahomey Democratic Rally) |
| UDD | Union Démocratique du Dahomé (Dahomey Democratic Union) |
| Mil | Military |
| n-p | non-partisan |
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[edit] Sources
- http://www.rulers.org/rulb1.html#benin
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/
- African States and Rulers, John Stewart, McFarland
- Guinness Book of Kings, Rulers & Statesmen, Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd
- Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edition, John V da Graca, MacMillan Press 2000
- Whitaker's Almanack 1986 to 2004, J. Whitaker and Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London
