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List of ambassadors of Benin to the United States

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The Beninese ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Porto-Novo to the Government of the United States.

Ambassador of Benin to the United States
Embassy of Benin in Washington, D.C.
since 2019
Inaugural holderLouis Ignacio-Pinto
FormationApril 17, 1961

List of representatives

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Diplomatic agreement/designated Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador Observations List of presidents of Benin List of presidents of the United States Term end
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

38°55′05″N 77°02′57″W / 38.918056°N 77.049056°W / 38.918056; -77.049056

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References

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  1. ^ a b "The Team". The Republic of Benin Embassy to the United States of America. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Maxime-Léopold Zollner de Medeiros". Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  3. ^ Wilfred Raoul Eugène de Souza
  4. ^ Saturnin Kaori Koaovi Soglo
  5. ^ Omar Arouna
  6. ^ Chief of Protocol , [1]
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