List of ambassadors of Benin to the United States

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.
Incumbent M. Jean-Claude do Rego[1] since 2019
Inaugural holder	Louis Ignacio-Pinto
Formation	April 17, 1961

List of representatives

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. From 1977 to 1990 to 1995 he was ambassador in Bonn. studied political science at École nationale d'administration publique en Paris In 1969 entered the foreign service. From 1971-76 he was Chef de presidential protocol. 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

1. "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 ,