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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

TenureIncumbentAffiliationNotes
Republic of DahomeyAutonomous
4 December 1958 to 1 August 1960René Tirant, High Commissioner
1 August 1960 to 31 December 1960Coutoucou Hubert Maga, Head of StateRDD
Republic of Dahomey
(République de Dahomé)
Independent from France
31 December 1960 to 27 October 1963Coutoucou Hubert Maga, PresidentRDD1st Term
27 October 1963 to 28 October 1963Provisional Government:-
Coutoucou Hubert Maga, Head of the Provisional GovernmentRDD
Sourou-Migan ApithyPRD
Justin Ahomadegbé-TomêtinUDD
28 October 1963 to 25 January 1964General Christophe Soglo, Head of the Provisional GovernmentMil1st Term
25 January 1964 to 27 November 1965Sourou-Migan Apithy, PresidentPDForced to resign by Gen.Christophe Soglo
27 November 1965 to 29 November 1965Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin, acting PresidentPD1st Term
29 November 1965 to 22 December 1965Tahirou Congacou, acting PresidentPD
22 December 1965 to 19 December 1967General Christophe Soglo, PresidentMil2nd Term
19 December 1967 to 20 December 1967Jean-Baptiste Hachème, Chairman of the Revolutionary CommitteeMil
20 December 1967 to 21 December 1967Lieutenant-Colonel Iropa Maurice Kouandété, Head of StateMil1st Term
21 December 1967 to 17 July 1968Alphonse Amadou Alley, Head of StateMil
17 July 1968 to 10 December 1969Émile Derlin Henri Zinsou, PresidentNominated by the military regime; deposed
10 December 1969 to 13 December 1969Major Iropa Maurice Kouandété, Chief-of-Staff of the ArmyMil2nd Term
13 December 1969 to 7 May 1970Paul-Émile de Souza, Chairman of the DirectoryMil
7 May 1970 to 7 May 1972Major Coutoucou Hubert Maga, Chairman of the Presidential CouncilRDD2nd Term; Presidential Council formed after Presidential elections abandoned
   Sourou-Migan ApithyPD
   Justin Ahomadegbé-TomêtinPD
7 May 1972 to 26 October 1972Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin, Chairman of the Presidential CouncilPD2nd Term; deposed
26 October 1972 to 30 November 1975Major Mathieu Kérékou, PresidentMil/PRPB1st Term
People’s Republic of Benin  (République populaire du Benin)
30 November 1975 to 29 September 1980General Mathieu Kérékou, PresidentMil/PRPB1st Term (contd.); changed name to Ahmed Kérékou on conversion to Islam
29 September 1980 to c.1990General Ahmed Kérékou, President of the Military Revolutionary Government and Head of State1st 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 1990General Mathieu Kérékou, President and Head of the Armed Forces1st Term (contd.)
Republic of Benin  (République du Benin)
1 March 1990 to 4 April 1991General Ahmed Mathieu Kérékou, PresidentPPRB1st Term (contd.)
4 April 1991 to 4 April 1996Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo, PresidentPRBInaugurated 4 April 1991
4 April 1996 to 6 April 2006General Mathieu Ahmed Kérékou, PresidentFARD2nd Term; re-elected 22 March 2001; inaugurated 3 April 2001
6 April 2006 to 2016Thomas Yayi Boni, Presidentn-pInaugurated 6 April 2006
11 April 2016 to presentThomas Patrice Talon, Presidentn-pInaugurated 11 April 2021

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FARDFront d'Action pour le Rénouveau et le Développement
            (Action for Renewal and Development) centrist
PDParti Démocratique
            (Democratic Party) merger of PRD and UDD 1964
PRBParti de la renaissance du Bénin
      (Benin Rebirth Party) centrist
UTRDUnion pour le Triomphe du Renouvellement Démocratique
            (Union for the Triumph of the Democratic Renewal)
PRDParti du Rénouveau Démocratique
            (Democratic Renewal Party)
PRPBParti du Revolutionare Popular du Benin
            (Popular Revolutionary Party of Benin) communist, only legal party 1979-1990
RDDRassemblement Démocratique du Dahomé
            (Dahomey Democratic Rally)
UDDUnion Démocratique du Dahomé
            (Dahomey Democratic Union)
MilMilitary
n-pnon-partisan
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