List of heads of government of Benin

Prime Minister of the Republic of Benin
Flag of Benin
Incumbent Pascal Koupaki since 28 May 2011
Appointer	Yayi Boni, as President of Benin
Inaugural holder	Hubert Maga
Formation	1 August 1960

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Prime Ministers of Benin (1960–Present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
French Dahomey	Overseas Territory of France
25 May 1957 to 26 July 1958		Sourou-Migan Apithy, Vice President of the Government Council	PD
26 July 1958 to 4 December 1958		Sourou-Migan Apithy, President of the Government Council
Republic of Dahomey	Autonomous
(République de Dahomé)
4 December 1958 to 22 May 1959		Sourou-Migan Apithy, President of the Provisional Government	PD
22 May 1959 to 1 August 1960		Coutoucou Hubert Maga, Prime Minister	RDD
Republic of Dahomey	Independence from France
(République de Dahomé)
1 August 1960 to 31 December 1960		Coutoucou Hubert Maga, Prime Minister	RDD
31 December 1960 to 25 January 1964	Position Abolished
25 January 1964 to 29 November 1965		Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin, Prime Minister	PD
29 November 1965 to 21 December 1967		General Christophe Soglo, Prime Minister	Mil
21 December 1967 to 17 July 1968		Major Iropa Maurice Kouandété, Prime Minister	Mil
17 July 1968 to 30 November 1975	Position Abolished
People's Republic of Benin
(République populaire du Benin)
30 November 1975 to 1 March 1990	Position Abolished
Republic of Benin (République du Benin)
1 March 1990 to 12 March 1990	Position Abolished
12 March 1990 to 4 April 1991		Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo, Prime Minister	n-p
4 April 1991 to 9 April 1996	Position Abolished
9 April 1996 to 14 May 1998		Adrien Houngbédji, Prime Minister	PRD
14 May 1998 to 28 May 2011	Position Abolished
28 May 2011 to Present		Pascal Koupaki, Prime Minister	n-p

Affiliations

FARD	Front d'Action pour le Rénouveau et le Développement             (Action for Renewal and Development) centrist
PD	Parti Démocratique             (Democratic Party) merger of PRD and UDD 1964
PRB	Parti de la renaissance du Bénin       (Benin Rebirth Party) centrist
UTRD	Union pour le Triomphe du Renouvellement Démocratique             (Union for the Triumph of the Democratic Renewal)
PRD	Parti du Rénouveau Démocratique             (Democratic Renewal Party)
PRPB	Parti de la Révolution Populaire du Bénin             (People's Revolutionary Party of Benin) communist, only legal party 1979-1990
RDD	Rassemblement Démocratique du Dahomé             (Dahomey Democratic Rally)
UDD	Union Démocratique du Dahomé             (Dahomey Democratic Union)
Mil	Military
n-p	non-partisan

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

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