HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF BENIN

'List of Heads of Government of Benin'
(Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent		Notes
'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
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 ''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 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 up to present
14 May 1998 to 6 April 2006	General 'Mathieu' Ahmed 'Kérékou', President	FARD	2nd Term
6 April 2006 to present	Thomas 'Yayi Boni', President	n-p	Inaugurated 6 April 2006

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See also

Affiliations

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''

See also

★ Heads of state of Benin

★ Colonial heads of Benin (Dahomey)

★ Lists of office-holders