Prime Minister of Benin
Flag of Benin
Incumbent
Lionel Zinsou
since 18 June 2015
AppointerThomas Boni Yayi,
as President of Benin
Formation1 August 1960
First holderHubert Maga

This is a list of heads of government of Benin (formerly Dahomey) since the formation of the post of Prime Minister in 1960.

A total of seven people have served as Prime Minister (not counting one Acting Prime Minister).

Affiliations

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 de la Révolution Populaire du Bénin
(People's 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
Key

Political parties

Other factions

Status

  •   Denotes Acting/Interim Head of State

Heads of Government of Benin

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political affiliation President(s)
Republic of Dahomey
1Sourou-Migan Apithy, 25 May 1957 to 26 July 1958PD
26 July 1958 to 4 December 1958
4 December 1958 to 22 May 1959
2Coutoucou Hubert Maga, 22 May 1959 to 1 August 1960RDD
1 August 1960 to 31 December 1960Thereafter Head of Government performed by Head of State until 25 January 1964
31 December 1960 to 28 October 1963Deposed in a coup d'état
3General Christophe Soglo, Head of the Provisional Government 28 October 1963 to 25 January 1964Mil
4Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin, Prime Minister 25 January 1964 to 29 November 1965PD
(3)General Christophe Soglo, Prime Minister 29 November 1965 to 21 December 1967Mil
5Major Iropa Maurice Kouandété, Prime Minister 21 December 1967 to 17 July 1968MilThereafter Head of Government performed by Head of State until 12 March 1990
6Émile Derlin Henri Zinsou, President 17 July 1968 to 10 December 1969Deposed in a coup d'état
(5)Major Iropa Maurice Kouandété, Chief-of-Staff of the Army 10 December 1969 to 13 December 1969Mil2nd Term
7Paul-Émile de Souza, Chairman of the Directory 13 December 1969 to 7 May 1970Mil
(2)Major Coutoucou Hubert Maga, Chairman of the Presidential Council 7 May 1970 to 7 May 1972RDD2nd Term
(4)Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin, Chairman of the Presidential Council 7 May 1972 to 26 October 1972PD2nd Term; Deposed in a coup d'état
8General Mathieu Kérékou, President 26 October 1972 to 30 November 1975Mil/PRPB1st Term
People's Republic of Benin
(8)General Mathieu Kérékou, President 30 November 1975 to 1 March 1990Mil/PRPB1st Term
Republic of Benin (République du Benin)
(8)General Ahmed Mathieu Kérékou, President 1 March 1990 to 12 March 1990PRB1st Term
9Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo, Prime Minister 12 March 1990 to 4 April 1991n-pBecoming President; thereafter Head of Government performed by Head of State until 4 April 1996
Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo, President 4 April 1991 to 4 April 1996PRB
10Adrien Houngbédji, Prime Minister 9 April 1996 to 14 May 1998PRDThereafter Head of Government performed by Head of State until 28 May 2011
(8)General Mathieu Ahmed Kérékou, President 14 May 1998 to 6 April 2006FARD2nd Term
11Thomas Yayi Boni, President 6 April 2006 to 28 May 2011n-p1st Term
12Pascal Koupaki, Prime Minister 28 May 2011 to 11 August 2013n-pThereafter Head of Government performed by Head of State until 18 June 2015
(11)Thomas Yayi Boni, President 11 August 2013 to 18 June 2015n-p2nd Term
13Lionel Zinsou Prime Minister 18 June 2015 to 6 April 2016n-p
14 Patrice Talon 6 April 2016 to Incumbent n-p

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