Àtòjọ Àwọn Ààrẹ orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìnira Benin
Presidents of Benin, 1960–present
| No.
|
President
(Birth–Death)
|
Portrait
|
Tenure
|
Elected
|
Prime Minister(s)
|
| Took office
|
Left office
|
Time in office
|
| Republic of Dahomey
|
| 1
|
Hubert Maga(1916–2000)
|
|
1 August 1960
|
28 October 1963
(deposed.)
|
3 years, 88 days
|
1960
|
Himself
|
| 2
|
Christophe Soglo(1909–1983)
|
|
28 October 1963
|
25 January 1964
|
89 days
|
–
|
Position abolished
|
| 3
|
Sourou-Migan Apithy(1913–1989)
|
|
25 January 1964
|
27 November 1965
(resigned.)
|
1 year, 306 days
|
1964
|
Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin
|
| 4
|
Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin(1917–2002)
|
|
27 November 1965
|
29 November 1965
|
2 days
|
–
|
Himself
|
| 5
|
Tahirou Congacou(1911–1993)
|
|
29 November 1965
|
22 December 1965
(deposed.)
|
23 days
|
–
|
Position abolished
|
| 6
|
Christophe Soglo(1909–1983)
|
|
22 December 1965
|
19 December 1967
(deposed.)
|
1 year, 362 days
|
–
|
Position abolished
|
| 7
|
Jean-Baptiste Hachème(1929–1998)
|
|
19 December 1967
|
20 December 1967
|
1 day
|
–
|
Position abolished
|
| 8
|
Maurice Kouandété(1932–2003)
|
|
20 December 1967
|
21 December 1967
|
1 day
|
–
|
Position abolished
|
| 9
|
Alphonse Alley(1930–1987)
|
|
21 December 1967
|
17 July 1968
|
209 days
|
–
|
Kouandété
|
| 10
|
Émile Derlin Zinsou(1918–2016)
|
|
17 July 1968
|
10 December 1969
(deposed.)
|
1 year, 146 days
|
1968 (Jul)
|
Position abolished
|
| 11
|
Maurice Kouandété(1932–2003)
|
|
10 December 1969
|
13 December 1969
|
3 days
|
–
|
Position abolished
|
| 12
|
Paul-Émile de Souza(1930–1999)
|
|
13 December 1969
|
7 May 1970
|
145 days
|
–
|
Position abolished
|
| 13
|
Hubert Maga(1916–2000)
|
|
7 May 1970
|
7 May 1972
|
2 years, 0 days
|
–
|
Position abolished
|
| 14
|
Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin(1917–2002)
|
|
7 May 1972
|
26 October 1972
(deposed.)
|
172 days
|
–
|
Position abolished
|
| 15
|
Mathieu Kérékou(1933–2015)
|
|
26 October 1972
|
30 November 1975
|
3 years, 35 days
|
–
|
Position abolished
|
| People's Republic of Benin
|
| 16
|
Mathieu Kérékou(1933–2015)
|
|
30 November 1975
|
1 March 1990
|
14 years, 120 days
|
1980
1984
1989
|
Position abolished
|
| Republic of Benin
|
| 17
|
Mathieu Kérékou(1933–2015)
|
|
1 March 1990
|
4 April 1991
|
1 year, 34 days
|
–
|
Soglo
|
| 18
|
Nicéphore Soglo(1934–)
|
|
4 April 1991
|
4 April 1996
|
5 years, 0 days
|
1991
|
Position abolished
|
| 19
|
Mathieu Kérékou(1933–2015)
|
|
4 April 1996
|
6 April 2006
|
10 years, 2 days
|
19962001
|
Houngbédji
|
| 20
|
Thomas Boni Yayi(1951–)
|
|
6 April 2006
|
6 April 2016
|
10 years, 0 days
|
20062011
|
KoupakiZinsou
|
| 21
|
Patrice Talon(1958–)
|
|
6 April 2016
|
Incumbent
|
8 years, 283 days
|
2016
|
Position abolished
|
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