Prime Minister of the Republic of Benin |
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Appointer | Yayi Boni, as President of Benin |
Inaugural holder | Hubert Maga |
Formation | 1 August 1960 |
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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Affiliation | Notes |
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French Dahomey | Overseas Territory of France | |||
25 May 1957 to 26 July 1958 | Sourou-Migan Apithy, Vice President of the Government Council | PD | ||
26 July 1958 to 4 December 1958 | Sourou-Migan Apithy, President of the Government Council | |||
Republic of Dahomey | Autonomous | |||
(République de Dahomé) | ||||
4 December 1958 to 22 May 1959 | Sourou-Migan Apithy, President of the Provisional Government | PD | ||
22 May 1959 to 1 August 1960 | Coutoucou Hubert Maga, Prime Minister | RDD | ||
Republic of Dahomey | Independence from France | |||
(République de Dahomé) | ||||
1 August 1960 to 31 December 1960 | Coutoucou Hubert Maga, Prime Minister | RDD | Thereafter Head of Government performed by Head of State until 25 January 1964 | |
31 December 1960 to 28 October 1963 | Coutoucou Hubert Maga, President | Deposed | ||
28 October 1963 to 25 January 1964 | General Christophe Soglo, Head of the Provisional Government | Mil | ||
25 January 1964 to 29 November 1965 | Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin, Prime Minister | PD | ||
29 November 1965 to 21 December 1967 | General Christophe Soglo, Prime Minister | Mil | ||
21 December 1967 to 17 July 1968 | Major Iropa Maurice Kouandété, Prime Minister | Mil | Thereafter Head of Government performed by Head of State until 12 March 1990 | |
17 July 1968 to 10 December 1969 | Émile Derlin Henri Zinsou, President | 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 | |
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 | General Mathieu Kérékou, President | Mil/PRPB | 1st Term | |
People's Republic of Benin | ||||
(République populaire du Benin) | ||||
30 November 1975 to 1 March 1990 | General Mathieu Kérékou, President | Mil/PRPB | 1st Term (contd.) | |
Republic of Benin (République du Benin) | ||||
1 March 1990 to 12 March 1990 | General Ahmed Mathieu Kérékou, President | PRB | 1st Term (contd.) | |
12 March 1990 to 4 April 1991 | Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo, Prime Minister | n-p | Becoming President; thereafter Head of Government performed by Head of State until 4 April 1996 | |
4 April 1991 to 4 April 1996 | Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo, President | PRB | Inaugurated 4 April 1991 | |
9 April 1996 to 14 May 1998 | Adrien Houngbédji, Prime Minister | PRD | Thereafter Head of Government performed by Head of State until 28 May 2011 | |
14 May 1998 to 6 April 2006 | General Mathieu Ahmed Kérékou, President | FARD | 2nd Term | |
6 April 2006 to 28 May 2011 | Thomas Yayi Boni, President | n-p | Inaugurated 6 April 2006 | |
28 May 2011 to Present | Pascal Koupaki, Prime Minister | n-p |
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 de la Révolution Populaire du Bénin (People's 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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