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Kingdom of Dahomey
1600-1620 Gangnihessou
1620-1645 Dakodonou
1645-1685 Houegbadja
1685-1708 Akaba
1708-1732 Agadja
1732-1774 Tegbessou
1774-1789 Kpengla
1789-1797 Agonglo
1797-1817 Adandozan
1817-1856 Ghezo
1856-1889 Glele
1889-1894 Behanzin
1894-1901 Agbo Agoli
 
Whydah
1580-1620 Haholo
1620-1640 Kpasse
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1669-1690 Ayohuan
1690-1703 Agbangia
1703-1708 Amah
1708-1741 Huffon
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1774-1775 Agbamy

Benin
Benin, coat of arms
  1960-1975, 1990- 
Benin, coat of arms (1975)
       1975-1990
 
23 Feb 1863               French colonisation begins at Porto Novo 
22 Jun 1894 - 13 Oct 1946 Dahomey a French colony
13 Oct 1946 - 04 Dec 1958 French overseas territory
04 Dec 1958 - 31 Jul 1960 Autonomy
01 Aug 1960               Independence, Republic of Dahomey
30 Nov 1975 - 28 Feb 1990 People's Republic of Benin[1]
01 Mar 1990 -             Republic of Benin
 
Presidents
01 Aug 1960 - 27 Oct 1963 Hubert Maga .......................... 1916-2000
                          (1st Time)
27 Oct 1963 - 25 Jan 1964 Christophe Soglo ..................... 1909-1983
                          (1st Time)
25 Jan 1964 - 27 Nov 1965 Sourou Migan Apithy .................. 1913-1989
27 Nov      - 22 Dec 1965 Tahirou Congacou 
22 Dec 1965 - 19 Dec 1967 Christophe Soglo (2nd Time)
19 Dec      - 20 Dec 1967 Jean-Baptiste Hachème
20 Dec      - 21 Dec 1967 Iropa Maurice Kouandété .............. 1932-2003
                          (1st Time)
21 Dec 1967 - 17 Jul 1968 Alphonse Amadou Alley ................ 1930-1987
17 Jul 1968 - 10 Dec 1969 Emile Derlin Henri Zinsou ............ 1918-
10 Dec      - 13 Dec 1969 Iropa Maurice Kouandété (2nd Time)
13 Dec 1969 - 07 May 1970 Paul Emile de Souze .................. 1930-1999
07 May 1970 - 07 May 1972 Hubert Maga (2nd Time)
07 May      - 26 Oct 1972 Justin Ahomadegdé Tomêtin ............ 1917-2002
04 Apr 1991 - 04 Apr 1996 Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo ............ 1934-
04 Apr 1996 - 06 Apr 2006 Mathieu Kérékou ...................... 1933-
06 Apr 2006 -             Thomas Yayi Boni ..................... 1952-
 
Prime Ministers
26 Jul 1958 - 22 May 1959 Sourou Migan Apithy
22 May 1959 - 31 Dec 1960 Hubert Maga
25 Jan 1964 - 29 Nov 1965 Justin Ahomadegdé Tomêtin
21 Dec 1967 - 17 Jul 1968 Iropa Maurice Kouandété
17 Jul 1968 - 12 Mar 1990 Post Abolished
12 Mar 1990 - 04 Apr 1991 Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo
09 Apr 1996 - 14 May 1998 Adrien Houngbédji .................... 1942-
14 May 1998 - 28 May 2011 Post Abolished
28 May 2011 - 11 Aug 2013 Pascal Irénée Koupaki
11 Aug 2013               Post Abolished
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People's Republic of Benin
 
Secretary of the Popular Revolutionary Communist Party of Benin
30 Nov 1972 - 28 Feb 1990 Mathieu Kérékou[2]
 
President
26 Oct 1972 - 04 Apr 1991 Mathieu Kérékou
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[1] Marxist-Leninism dropped as state ideology on 03.12.1989
[2] Kérékou briefly changed name to Ahmed 1980-1982.

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