List of presidents of Benin

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This is a list of presidents of Benin (formerly Dahomey) since the formation of the post of President in 1960, to the present day.

List of officeholders

Political parties

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  Dahomeyan Unity Party (PDU)

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  Dahomeyan Democratic Party (PDD)

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  People's Revolutionary Party of Benin (PRPB)

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  Benin Rebirth Party (RB)

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  Action Front for Renewal and Development (FARD–Alafia)
Other factions

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  Military

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  Independent
Status

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  Denotes acting or interim head of state
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Elected Term of office Political affiliation Prime minister(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
Republic of Dahomey (1960–1975)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1 File:Hubert Maga 1961 (cropped).png Hubert Maga
(1916–2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1960 1 August 1960 28 October 1963
(Deposed in a coup)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd Independent / PDU Himself
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| – File:Christophe Soglo illustration.png Christophe Soglo
(1909–1983)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn 		— 28 October 1963 25 January 1964 Template:Ayd Military Position abolished
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 2 File:Sourou Migan Apithy in 1958.jpg Sourou-Migan Apithy
(1913–1989)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1964 25 January 1964 27 November 1965
(Resigned)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd PDD Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| – File:Ahomadegbe.jpg Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin
(1917–2002)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		— 27 November 1965 29 November 1965 Template:Ayd PDD Himself
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| – File:No image.png Tahirou Congacou
(1911–1993)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		— 29 November 1965 22 December 1965
(Deposed in a coup)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd PDD Position abolished
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 3 File:Christophe Soglo illustration.png Christophe Soglo
(1909–1983)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		— 22 December 1965 19 December 1967
(Deposed in a coup)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd Military Position abolished
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| – File:No image.png Jean-Baptiste Hachème
(1929–1998)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn 		— 19 December 1967 20 December 1967 Template:Ayd Military Position abolished
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| – File:No image.png Maurice Kouandété
(1932–2003)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		— 20 December 1967 21 December 1967 Template:Ayd Military Position abolished
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| – File:No image.png Alphonse Alley
(1930–1987)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		— 21 December 1967 17 July 1968 Template:Ayd Military Kouandété
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 4 File:Emile Zinsou.jpg Émile Derlin Zinsou
(1918–2016)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1968 (Jul) 17 July 1968 10 December 1969
(Deposed in a coup)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd Independent Position abolished
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| – File:No image.png Maurice Kouandété
(1932–2003)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn 		— 10 December 1969 13 December 1969 Template:Ayd Military Position abolished
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| – File:No image.png Paul-Émile de Souza
(1930–1999)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn 		— 13 December 1969 7 May 1970 Template:Ayd Military Position abolished
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Hubert Maga 1961 (cropped).png Hubert Maga
(1916–2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn 		— 7 May 1970 7 May 1972 Template:Age in years years Independent Position abolished
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Ahomadegbe.jpg Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin
(1917–2002)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn 		— 7 May 1972 26 October 1972
(Deposed in a coup)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd Independent Position abolished
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 5 File:Mathieu Kerekou FOCR (cropped).jpg Mathieu Kérékou
(1933–2015)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		— 26 October 1972 30 November 1975 Template:Ayd Military Position abolished
People's Republic of Benin (1975–1990)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| (5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Mathieu Kerekou FOCR (cropped).jpg Mathieu Kérékou
(1933–2015)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1980[1]
1984[1]
1989[1] 		30 November 1975 1 March 1990 Template:Ayd MilitaryTemplate:Efn / PRPB Position abolished
Republic of Benin (1990–present)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| (5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Mathieu Kerekou FOCR (cropped).jpg Mathieu Kérékou
(1933–2015)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		— 1 March 1990 4 April 1991 Template:Ayd PRPBTemplate:Efn / Independent Soglo
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 6 File:Nicéphore Soglo - mars 2012.jpg Nicéphore Soglo
(born 1934)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1991 4 April 1991 4 April 1996 Template:Age in years years RB Position abolished
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| (5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Mathieu Kérékou 2006Feb10 (cropped).JPG Mathieu Kérékou
(1933–2015)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1996
2001 		4 April 1996 6 April 2006 Template:Ayd Independent / FARD–Alafia Houngbédji
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 7 File:Yayi Boni.jpg Thomas Boni Yayi
(born 1951)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2006
2011 		6 April 2006 6 April 2016 Template:Age in years years Independent
(Affiliated with the FCBE)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Koupaki
Zinsou
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 8 File:Patrice Talon at USAID HQ (4) (cropped).jpg Patrice Talon
(born 1958)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2016
2021 		6 April 2016 Incumbent Template:Ayd Independent
(Supported by the UPR and the BR)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Position abolished

Timeline

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 id:military    value:rgb(0.76,0.69,0.57)    legend:Military
 id:pdu         value:rgb(0.85,0.49,0)       legend:Dahomeyan_Unity_Party
 id:pdd         value:rgb(1,0.84,0)          legend:Dahomeyan_Democratic_Party
 id:pprb        value:rgb(0.94,0.06,0.16)    legend:People's_Revolutionary_Party_of_Benin
 id:rb          value:rgb(0,0,0)             legend:Benin_Rebirth_Party
 id:fard        value:rgb(0.8,0.01,0.01)     legend:Action_Front_for_Renewal_and_Development

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DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1960 till:31/12/2026 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = gridcolor:gray1 unit:year increment:5 start:1960 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:gray2 unit:year increment:1 start:1960

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bar:Soglo
bar:Apithy
bar:Ahomadegbe-Tometin
bar:Congacou
bar:Hacheme
bar:Kouandete
bar:Alley
bar:Zinsou
bar:deSouza
bar:Kerekou
bar:NSoglo
bar:Yayi
bar:Talon

PlotData = 

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bar:Maga
 from: 01/08/1960 till: 28/10/1963 color:pdu
 from: 07/05/1970 till: 07/05/1972 color:independent text:"Hubert Maga"
bar:Soglo
 from: 28/10/1963 till: 25/01/1964 color:military
 from: 22/12/1965 till: 19/12/1967 color:military    text:"Christophe Soglo"
bar:Apithy
 from: 25/01/1964 till: 27/11/1965 color:pdd         text:"Sourou-Migan Apithy"
bar:Ahomadegbe-Tometin
 from: 27/11/1965 till: 29/11/1965 color:pdd
 from: 07/05/1972 till: 26/10/1972 color:independent text:"Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin"
bar:Congacou
 from: 29/11/1965 till: 22/12/1965 color:pdd         text:"Tahirou Congacou (interim)"
bar:Hacheme
 from: 19/12/1967 till: 20/12/1967 color:military    text:"Jean-Baptiste Hachème"
bar:Kouandete
 from: 20/12/1967 till: 21/12/1967 color:military
 from: 10/12/1969 till: 13/12/1969 color:military    text:"Maurice Kouandété"
bar:Alley
 from: 21/12/1967 till: 17/07/1968 color:military    text:"Alphonse Alley"
bar:Zinsou
 from: 17/07/1968 till: 10/12/1969 color:independent text:"Émile Derlin Zinsou"
bar:deSouza
 from: 13/12/1969 till: 07/05/1970 color:military    text:"Paul-Émile de Souza"
bar:Kerekou
 from: 26/10/1972 till: 30/11/1975 color:military
 from: 30/11/1975 till: 30/04/1990 color:pprb
 from: 30/04/1990 till: 04/04/1991 color:independent
 from: 04/04/1996 till: 06/04/2006 color:fard        text:"Mathieu Kérékou"
bar:NSoglo
 from: 04/04/1991 till: 04/04/1996 color:rb          text:"Nicéphore Soglo"
bar:Yayi
 from: 06/04/2006 till: 06/04/2016 color:independent text:"Thomas Boni Yayi"
bar:Talon
 from: 06/04/2016 till: $today     color:independent text:"Patrice Talon"

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Notes

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See also

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ a b c Elections in Benin African Elections Database
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