List of ambassadors of Benin to the United States
Ambassador of Benin to the United States Embassy of Benin in Washington, D.C. | |
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since 2019 | |
Inaugural holder | Louis Ignacio-Pinto |
Formation | April 17, 1961 |
The Beninese ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Porto-Novo to the Government of the United States.
List of representatives
[edit]Diplomatic agreement/designated | Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | List of presidents of Benin | List of presidents of the United States | Term end |
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April 17, 1961 | EMBASSY OPENED | Hubert Maga | John F. Kennedy | |||
March 14, 1961 | April 17, 1961 | Louis Ignacio-Pinto | Hubert Maga | John F. Kennedy | ||
May 1, 1967 | May 10, 1967 | Maxime-Léopold Zollner de Medeiros | (*October 4, 1934[2] | Alphonse Alley | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
September 21, 1970 | September 21, 1970 | Wilfred Raoul Eugène de Souza | (*18 April 1935 in Ouidah) de Souza was educated at the University of Paris, following which he[3] | Hubert Maga | Richard Nixon | |
March 20, 1973 | April 9, 1973 | Tiamiou Adjibadé | 1977 ambassador Bonn | Mathieu Kérékou | Richard Nixon | |
October 15, 1975 | Saturnin Kaori Koaovi Soglo | Chargé d'affaires Brother of Nicephore Soglo.
He was member of embassy in Washington. From April 4, 1991 he was secretary of state.[4] | Mathieu Kérékou | Gerald Ford | ||
November 30, 1975 | Name changed to People’s Republic of Benin | Mathieu Kérékou | Gerald Ford | |||
January 9, 1976 | January 23, 1976 | Setondji Thomas Boya | Mathieu Kérékou | Gerald Ford | ||
June 2, 1983 | June 16, 1983 | Guy-Landry Hazoume | Benin's foreign minister | Mathieu Kérékou | Ronald Reagan | |
June 20, 1988 | July 5, 1988 | Theophile Nata | Mathieu Kérékou | Ronald Reagan | ||
February 28, 1990 | Name changed to Republic of Benin | Mathieu Kérékou | George H. W. Bush | |||
August 27, 1990 | October 24, 1990 | Candide Pierre Ahouansou | Mathieu Kérékou | George H. W. Bush | ||
November 9, 1994 | November 21, 1994 | Lucien Edgar Tonoukouin | Nicéphore Soglo | Bill Clinton | ||
February 21, 2001 | March 13, 2001 | Segbe Cyrille Oguin | Mathieu Kérékou | George W. Bush | ||
May 16, 2014 | May 21, 2014 | Omar Arouna | [5] | Boni Yayi | Barack Obama | |
November 28, 2016 | Hector S. R. F. Posset[1] | Barack Obama |
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Team". The Republic of Benin Embassy to the United States of America. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ "Maxime-Léopold Zollner de Medeiros". Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- ^ Wilfred Raoul Eugène de Souza
- ^ Saturnin Kaori Koaovi Soglo
- ^ Omar Arouna
- ^ Chief of Protocol , [1]