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style="font-size: 125%;">Prime Minister of the<br />Republic of Benin</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Benin.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/120px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/180px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/240px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Benin" title="Flag of Benin">Flag of Benin</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9; line-height:1.4em;"><div 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class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E6E6AA; color:black;"> </span> Denotes acting prime minister</div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2">Political affiliation </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Benin" title="List of presidents of Benin">President(s)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Time in office </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="8"><b><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Dahomey" title="Republic of Dahomey">Republic of Dahomey</a> (1960–1975)</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:Black; color:white;">1 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hubert_Maga_1961_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Hubert_Maga_1961_%28cropped%29.png/90px-Hubert_Maga_1961_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Hubert_Maga_1961_%28cropped%29.png/135px-Hubert_Maga_1961_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Hubert_Maga_1961_%28cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="201" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Maga" title="Hubert Maga">Hubert Maga</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1916–2000)</span> </td> <td><span class="nowrap">1 August</span> 1960 </td> <td><span class="nowrap">31 December</span> 1960 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002152000000000000♠"></span>152 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dahomeyan_Democratic_Rally" title="Dahomeyan Democratic Rally">RDD</a> </td> <td>Himself </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8">Post abolished (31 December 1960 – 25 January 1964) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background:Gold; color:black;">2 </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ahomadegbe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Ahomadegbe.jpg/90px-Ahomadegbe.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Ahomadegbe.jpg/135px-Ahomadegbe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Ahomadegbe.jpg/180px-Ahomadegbe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="238" data-file-height="268" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Justin_Ahomad%C3%A9gb%C3%A9-Tom%C3%AAtin" title="Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin">Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–2002)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="nowrap">25 January</span> 1964 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="nowrap">29 November</span> 1965 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7002674000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 308 days </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dahomeyan_Democratic_Party" title="Dahomeyan Democratic Party">PDD</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sourou-Migan_Apithy" title="Sourou-Migan Apithy">Migan Apithy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Himself </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8">Post abolished (29 November 1965 – 21 December 1967) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#C3B091; color:black;">3 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="90" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Kouand%C3%A9t%C3%A9" title="Maurice Kouandété">Maurice Kouandété</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1932–2003)</span> </td> <td><span class="nowrap">21 December</span> 1967 </td> <td><span class="nowrap">17 July</span> 1968 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002209000000000000♠"></span>209 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benin_Armed_Forces" title="Benin Armed Forces">Military</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alphonse_Alley" title="Alphonse Alley"><i>Alley</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8">Post abolished (17 July 1968 – 30 November 1975) </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="8"><b><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Benin" title="People's Republic of Benin">People's Republic of Benin</a> (1975–1990)</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8">Post abolished (30 November 1975 – 1 March 1990) </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="8"><b><a href="/wiki/Benin" title="Benin">Republic of Benin</a> (1990–present)</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8">Post abolished (1 – 12 March 1990) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e6e6aa;"> <th style="background:#DCDCDC; color:black;">– </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nic%C3%A9phore_Soglo_-_mars_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Nic%C3%A9phore_Soglo_-_mars_2012.jpg/90px-Nic%C3%A9phore_Soglo_-_mars_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Nic%C3%A9phore_Soglo_-_mars_2012.jpg/135px-Nic%C3%A9phore_Soglo_-_mars_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Nic%C3%A9phore_Soglo_-_mars_2012.jpg/180px-Nic%C3%A9phore_Soglo_-_mars_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1510" data-file-height="2256" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nic%C3%A9phore_Soglo" title="Nicéphore Soglo">Nicéphore Soglo</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1931)</span> </td> <td><span class="nowrap">12 March</span> 1990 </td> <td><span class="nowrap">4 April</span> 1991 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002388000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 23 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mathieu_K%C3%A9r%C3%A9kou" title="Mathieu Kérékou">Kérékou</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8">Post abolished (4 April 1991 – 9 April 1996<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#156CC4; color:white;">4 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Adrien_Houngb%C3%A9dji,_President_of_the_Beninese_National_Assembly,_March_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Adrien_Houngb%C3%A9dji%2C_President_of_the_Beninese_National_Assembly%2C_March_2019.jpg/90px-Adrien_Houngb%C3%A9dji%2C_President_of_the_Beninese_National_Assembly%2C_March_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="51" class="mw-file-element" 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<td>Kérékou </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8">Post abolished (14 May 1998<sup id="cite_ref-Year1998_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Year1998-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 28 May 2011<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#56963F; color:white;">5 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pascal_Koupaki_2012_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Pascal_Koupaki_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Pascal_Koupaki_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Pascal_Koupaki_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-Pascal_Koupaki_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#56963F; color:white;">6 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lionel_Zinsou_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Lionel_Zinsou_2017.jpg/90px-Lionel_Zinsou_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Lionel_Zinsou_2017.jpg/135px-Lionel_Zinsou_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Lionel_Zinsou_2017.jpg/180px-Lionel_Zinsou_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="2250" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Zinsou" title="Lionel Zinsou">Lionel Zinsou</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)</span> </td> <td><span class="nowrap">18 June</span> 2015 </td> <td><span class="nowrap">6 April</span> 2016 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002293000000000000♠"></span>293 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cowry_Forces_for_an_Emerging_Benin" title="Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin">FCBE</a> </td> <td>Boni </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8">Post abolished (6 April 2016 – present) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Timeline">Timeline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_prime_ministers_of_Benin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_kkgu07jg5m0s7bgtobk6frpqwgk4jr8"><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Lionel_Zinsou" coords="759,110,876,132" title="Lionel Zinsou" alt="Lionel Zinsou" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Pascal_Koupaki" coords="724,92,847,114" title="Pascal Koupaki" alt="Pascal Koupaki" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Adrien_Houngb%C3%A9dji" 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class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Apr 1996 - Acceptance of defeat by Soglo - New government", <i>Keesing's Record of World Events</i>, volume 42, April 1996, Benin, page 41,031.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Year1998-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Year1998_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9124442">Benin, Year in Review: 1998</a>, Britannica.com.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Malika Groga-Bada, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAJA2630p038.xml0/">"Bénin : Koupaki, Premier ministre sur mesure"</a>, <i>Jeune Afrique</i>, 9 June 2011 <span class="languageicon">(in 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of Benin</a> (1975–1990)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>office abolished</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/23px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/35px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/45px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Benin" title="Benin">Republic of Benin</a> (1990–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nic%C3%A9phore_Soglo" title="Nicéphore Soglo">N. Soglo</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><i>office abolished, 1991–96</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrien_Houngb%C3%A9dji" title="Adrien Houngbédji">Houngbédji</a></li> <li><i>office abolished, 1998–2011</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascal_Koupaki" title="Pascal Koupaki">Koupaki</a></li> <li><i>office abolished, 2013–15</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Zinsou" title="Lionel Zinsou">Zinsou</a></li> <li><i>office abolished, 2016–present</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><span style="font-size:85%;">†</span> Military<span class="nowrap">     </span><span style="font-size:85%;">*</span> Interim</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><link 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Dahomey">Republic of Dahomey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Dahomeyan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1963 Dahomeyan coup d'état">Soglo coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Council_(Benin)" title="Presidential Council (Benin)">Presidential Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Dahomeyan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1972 Dahomeyan coup d'état">Kérékou coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Benin" title="People's Republic of Benin">People's Republic of Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Benin_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1977 Benin coup d'état attempt">Mercenary coup attempt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Benin" title="Geography of Benin">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Benin" title="Constitution of Benin">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Benin" title="Elections in Benin">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Benin" title="Foreign relations of Benin">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Benin" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Benin">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Benin" title="Human rights in Benin">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Benin" title="Abortion in Benin">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Benin" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Benin">LGBT rights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Benin" title="Law enforcement in Benin">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benin_Armed_Forces" title="Benin Armed Forces">Military</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benin_Air_Force" title="Benin Air Force">Air Force</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Benin" title="List of political parties in Benin">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Benin" title="President of Benin">President</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Benin" title="List of presidents of Benin">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Prime Minister</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Benin" title="Economy of Benin">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Benin" title="Agriculture in Benin">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communications_in_Benin" class="mw-redirect" title="Communications in Benin">Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Benin" title="Energy in Benin">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFA_franc" title="CFA franc">CFA franc <span style="font-size:85%;">(currency)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fishing_in_Benin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fishing in Benin (page does not exist)">Fishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Benin" title="Tourism in Benin">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trade_unions_in_Benin" title="Trade unions in Benin">Trade unions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Benin" title="Transport in Benin">Transport</a></li> <li><a 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literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_in_Benin" class="mw-redirect" title="Media in Benin">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Benin" title="Music of Benin">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Benin" title="Public holidays in Benin">Public holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Benin" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport in Benin">Sport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benin_at_the_Olympics" title="Benin at the Olympics">Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benin_at_the_Paralympics" title="Benin at the Paralympics">Paralympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Benin" title="Football in Benin">Football</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Benin" title="Demographics of Benin">Demographics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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Benin">Outline</a></span></li><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Benin-related_articles" title="Index of Benin-related articles">Index</a></span></li></ul></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Benin" title="Category:Benin">Category</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Heads_of_state_and_government_of_Africa" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">UN</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">member states</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Algeria" title="President of Algeria">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Angola" title="President of Angola">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Benin" title="President of Benin">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Botswana" title="President of Botswana">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Burkina_Faso" title="List of heads of state of Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a 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title="President of Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Zambia" title="President of Zambia">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Zimbabwe" title="President of Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Somaliland" title="List of presidents of Somaliland">Somaliland</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Heads_of_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Heads of government">Heads of government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">UN member states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Algeria" title="Prime Minister of Algeria">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Angola" title="President of Angola">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Benin" title="President of Benin">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Botswana" title="President of Botswana">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Burkina_Faso" title="List of prime ministers of Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Burundi" title="Prime Minister of Burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Cameroon" title="Prime Minister of Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Cape_Verde" title="List of prime ministers of Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_government_of_the_Central_African_Republic" title="List of heads of government of the Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Chad" title="List of prime ministers of Chad">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_the_Comoros" title="List of heads of state of the Comoros">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="List of prime ministers of the Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Djibouti" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Prime Ministers of Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Egypt" title="Prime Minister of Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Equatorial_Guinea" title="List of prime ministers of Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Eritrea" title="List of heads of state of Eritrea">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Eswatini" title="List of prime ministers of Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Ethiopia" title="Prime Minister of Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Gabon" title="Prime Minister of Gabon">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Gambia" title="President of the Gambia">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Ghana" title="President of Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Guinea" title="List of prime ministers of Guinea">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Guinea-Bissau" title="List of prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_government_of_Ivory_Coast" title="List of heads of government of Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Kenya" title="President of Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Lesotho" title="List of prime ministers of Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Liberia" title="President of Liberia">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_government_of_Libya" title="List of heads of government of Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Madagascar" title="Prime Minister of Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Malawi" title="President of Malawi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Mali" title="List of prime ministers of Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Mauritania" title="List of prime ministers of Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Mauritius" title="Prime Minister of Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Government_of_Morocco" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Government of Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Mozambique" title="List of prime ministers of Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Namibia" title="Prime Minister of Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Niger" title="List of prime ministers of Niger">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Nigeria" title="President of Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Rwanda" title="Prime Minister of Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="List of prime ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Senegal" title="Prime Minister of Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Seychelles" title="List of presidents of Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Sierra_Leone" title="President of Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Somalia" title="List of prime ministers of Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Africa" title="President of South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_South_Sudan" title="List of heads of state of South Sudan">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_government_of_Sudan" title="List of heads of government of Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Tanzania" title="President of Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Togo" title="List of prime ministers of Togo">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Head_of_Government_of_Tunisia" class="mw-redirect" title="Head of Government of Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Uganda" title="Prime Minister of Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Zambia" title="President of Zambia">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Zimbabwe" title="President of Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Somaliland" title="List of presidents of Somaliland">Somaliland</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct states<br />and governments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Ashanti Empire <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Asante" title="List of rulers of Asante">Monarch</a></li></ul></li> <li>Benin <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Prime Minister</a></li></ul></li> <li>Burundi <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Burundi" title="List of kings of Burundi">King</a></li></ul></li> <li>Central African Empire <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Central_Africa" title="Emperor of Central Africa">Emperor</a></li></ul></li> <li>Dahomey <ul><li><a href="/wiki/King_of_Dahomey" title="King of Dahomey">King</a></li></ul></li> <li>Egypt <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_dynasty" title="Muhammad Ali dynasty">Muhammad Ali dynasty</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_the_Muhammad_Ali_dynasty" title="List of monarchs of the Muhammad Ali dynasty">Monarch</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Ethiopia <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Ethiopia" title="Emperor of Ethiopia">Emperor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_emperors_of_Ethiopia" title="List of emperors of Ethiopia">list</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>The Gambia <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_Gambia" title="Prime Minister of the Gambia">Prime Minister</a></li></ul></li> <li>Ghana <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Ghana" title="Prime Minister of Ghana">Prime Minister</a></li></ul></li> <li>Kenya <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Kenya" title="Prime Minister of Kenya">Prime Minister</a></li></ul></li> <li>Kingdom of Kongo <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manikongo" title="Manikongo">Monarch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Kongo" title="List of rulers of Kongo">list</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Malawi <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Malawi" title="Prime Minister of Malawi">Prime Minister</a></li></ul></li> <li>Merina Kingdom <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Imerina_monarchs" title="List of Imerina monarchs">Monarch</a></li></ul></li> <li>Nigeria <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Nigeria" title="Prime Minister of Nigeria">Prime Minister</a></li></ul></li> <li>Orange Free State <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_President_of_the_Orange_Free_State" title="State President of the Orange Free State">State President</a></li></ul></li> <li>Rwanda <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Rwanda" title="List of kings of Rwanda">King</a></li></ul></li> <li>South African Republic <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_President_of_the_South_African_Republic" title="State President of the South African Republic">State President</a></li></ul></li> <li>South Africa <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_South_Africa" title="Governor-General of South Africa">Governor-General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_President_of_South_Africa" title="State President of South Africa">State President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_South_Africa" title="Prime Minister of South Africa">Prime Minister</a></li></ul></li> <li>Tunisia <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_beys_of_Tunis" title="List of beys of Tunis">Bey</a></li></ul></li> <li>Zanzibar <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sultans_of_Zanzibar" title="List of sultans of Zanzibar">Sultan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_government_of_Zanzibar" title="List of heads of government of Zanzibar">Prime Minister</a></li></ul></li> <li>Zambia <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Zambia" title="Prime Minister of Zambia">Prime Minister</a></li></ul></li> <li>Zimbabwe <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Zimbabwe" title="Prime Minister of Zimbabwe">Prime Minister</a></li></ul></li> <li>Zulu Kingdom <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Zulu_kings" title="List of Zulu kings">King</a></li></ul></li></ul> 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