President of the Republic
Coutoucou Hubert Maga 1 Aug 1960 - 27 Oct 1963 (†2000) RDD (1)
Provisional Government
Coutoucou Hubert Maga (†2000) RDD
Sourou-Migan Apithy (†1989) PRD
Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin 27 Oct 1963 - 28 Oct 1963 (†2002) UDD
Head of the Provisional Government
Christophe Soglo 28 Oct 1963 - 25 Jan 1964 (†1983) military
Presidents of the Republic
Sourou-Migan Apithy 25 Jan 1964 - 27 Nov 1965 (†1989) PDD
Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin 27 Nov 1965 - 29 Nov 1965 (†2002) PDD (acting)
Tahirou Congacou 29 Nov 1965 - 22 Dec 1965 (†2004) PDD (acting)
Christophe Soglo 22 Dec 1965 - 19 Dec 1967 (†1989) military
Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee
Jean-Baptiste Hachème 19 Dec 1967 - 20 Dec 1967 (†1998) military
Heads of State
Iropa Maurice Kouandété 20 Dec 1967 - 21 Dec 1967 (†2003) military
Alphonse Amadou Alley 21 Dec 1967 - 17 Jul 1968 (†1987) military
President of the Republic
Émile Derlin Henri Zinsou 17 Jul 1968 - 10 Dec 1969 (†2016) n/p
Chief of Staff of Army
Iropa Maurice Kouandété 10 Dec 1969 - 13 Dec 1969 (†2003) military
Directory
Paul-Émile de Souza (chair) (†1999) military
Iropa Maurice Kouandété (†2003) military
Benoît Sinzogan 13 Dec 1969 - 7 May 1970 military
Chairmen of the Presidential Council (2)
Coutoucou Hubert Maga 7 May 1970 - 7 May 1972 (†2000) RDD
Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin 7 May 1972 - 26 Oct 1972 (†2002) PDD
Chairman of the National Council of the Revolution
Mathieu Kérékou 26 Oct 1972 - 5 Feb 1980 (†2015) military
Presidents of the Republic
Mathieu Kérékou 5 Feb 1980 - 4 Apr 1991 (†2015) PRPB
Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo 4 Apr 1991 - 4 Apr 1996 PRB
Mathieu Kérékou 4 Apr 1996 - 6 Apr 2006 (†2015) FARD-Alafia
Yayi Boni 6 Apr 2006 - 6 Apr 2016 n/p, FCBE
Patrice Talon 6 Apr 2016 - n/p
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