List of heads of state of Benin

President of the Republic of Benin
Flag of Benin
Incumbent Yayi Boni since 6 April 2006
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Hubert Maga
Formation	31 December 1960

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Presidents of Benin (1960–Present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Republic of Dahomey (République de Dahomé)	Independent from France
1 August 1960 to 31 December 1960		Coutoucou Hubert Maga, Head of State	RDD
31 December 1960 to 27 October 1963		Coutoucou Hubert Maga, President		1st Term
27 October 1963 to 28 October 1963	Provisional Government:-
		Coutoucou Hubert Maga, Head of the Provisional Government	RDD	Deposed
		Sourou-Migan Apithy	PRD
		Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin	UDD
28 October 1963 to 25 January 1964		General Christophe Soglo, Head of the Provisional Government	Mil	1st Term
25 January 1964 to 27 November 1965		Sourou-Migan Apithy, President	PD	Forced to resign by Gen. Christophe Soglo
27 November 1965 to 29 November 1965		Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin, acting President	PD	1st Term
29 November 1965 to 22 December 1965		Tahirou Congacou, acting President	PD
22 December 1965 to 19 December 1967		General Christophe Soglo, President	Mil	2nd Term
19 December 1967 to 20 December 1967		Jean-Baptiste Hachème, Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee	Mil
20 December 1967 to 21 December 1967		Lieutenant-Colonel Iropa Maurice Kouandété, Head of State	Mil	1st Term
21 December 1967 to 17 July 1968		Alphonse Amadou Alley, Head of State	Mil
17 July 1968 to 10 December 1969		Émile Derlin Henri Zinsou, President		Nominated by the military regime; 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; Presidential Council formed after Presidential elections abandoned
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		Major 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 (contd.)
Republic of Benin  (République du Benin)
1 March 1990 to 4 April 1991		General Mathieu Kérékou, President	PPRB	1st Term (contd.)
4 April 1991 to 4 April 1996		Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo, President	PRB	Inaugurated 4 April 1991
4 April 1996 to 6 April 2006		General Mathieu Kérékou, President	FARD	2nd Term; re-elected 22 March 2001; inaugurated 3 April 2001
6 April 2006 to Present		Thomas Yayi Boni, President	n-p	Inaugurated 6 April 2006

Affiliations

Latest election

Main article: Beninese presidential election, 2011

e • d Summary of the 13 March 2011 Beninese presidential election results

Candidates – Parties	Votes	%
Yayi Boni	1,333,153	53.18
Adrien Houngbédji – Democratic Renewal Party	893,976	35.66
Abdoulaye Bio-Tchané	157,642	6.29
Salifou Issa – Union for Relief	24,774	0.99
Christian Enock Lagnidé	16,304	0.65
François Janvier Yahouédéhou	12,257	0.49
Jean-Yves Sinzogan	11,908	0.48
Akuavi Marie-Elise Christiana Gbèdo	10,285	0.41
Antoine Dayori – Hope Force	10,056	0.40
Victor Prudent Topanou	9,793	0.39
Cyr Kouagou M'po	7,752	0.31
Késsilé Tchala Saré	7,749	0.31
Salomon Joseph Ahissou Biokou	6,699	0.27
Joachim Dahissiho	4,724	0.19
Total (turnout %)	2,507,072	100.00
Source: boniyayi.bj

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

See also

• Benin
  • Heads of government of Benin
  • Colonial heads of Benin (Dahomey)
• Lists of office-holders