List of heads of government of Benin

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Prime Ministers of Benin (1960–Present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
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 in a coup d'état
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 in a coup d'état
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 in a coup d'état
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
Republic of Benin (République du Benin)
1 March 1990 to 12 March 1990		General Ahmed Mathieu Kérékou, President	PRB	1st Term
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
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	1st Term
28 May 2011 to 11 August 2013		Pascal Koupaki, Prime Minister	n-p	Thereafter Head of Government performed by Head of State
11 August 2013 to Present		Thomas Yayi Boni, President	n-p	2nd Term

Affiliations

See also

• Heads of state of Benin
• Colonial heads of Benin (Dahomey)
• Lists of office-holders
• list of ministers

Sources

• http://www.rulers.org/rulb1.html#benin
• http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Benin.html
• 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