Benin (03)

1960-today Republic



1960-1975


YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT PRIME MINISTER
1960 1 august Republic of Dahomey Hubert Maga (I) -
1963 27 october Hubert Maga, Sourou Migan Apithy, Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin
1963 28 october col. Christophe Soglo (I)
1964 25 janaury Sourou Migan Apithy Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin
1965 27 november Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin (I)
1965 29 november Tahirou Congacou -
1965 22 december gen. Christophe Soglo (II)
1967 19 december Jean-Baptiste Hachème
1967 20 december Maurice Kouandété (I)
1967 21 december Alphonse Alley Maurice Kouandété
1968 17 july Émile Derlin Henri Zinsou -
1969 10 december Maurice Kouandété (II)
1969 13 december col. Paul-Émile de Souza
1970 7 may Hubert Maga (II)
1972 7 may gen. Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin (II)
1972 26 october gen. Ahmed-Mathieu Kérékou (I)

1975-1991


YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT PRIME MINISTER
1975 30 november Popular Republic
1990 1 march Republic
1990 12 march Nicéphore Soglo
1991 4 april Nicéphore Soglo -

1991-


YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT PRIME MINISTER
1991 1 august
1996 4 april gen. Ahmed-Mathieu Kérékou (II) Adrien Houngbédji
1998 14 may -
2006 6 april Yayi Boni
2015 18 june Lionel Zinsou
2016 20 march Patrice Talon

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