List of ambassadors of Benin to the United States explained

Post:	Ambassador
Body:	Benin to the United States Embassy of Benin in Washington, D.C.
Incumbent:	M. Jean-Claude do Rego^[1]
Inaugural:	Louis Ignacio-Pinto

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

Diplomatic agreement/designated	Diplomatic accreditation	Ambassador	Observations	List of presidents of Benin	List of presidents of the United States	Term end
			EMBASSY OPENED	Hubert Maga	John F. Kennedy
		Louis Ignacio-Pinto		Hubert Maga	John F. Kennedy
		Maxime-Léopold Zollner de Medeiros	(*October 4, 1934^[2]	Alphonse Alley	Lyndon B. Johnson
		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
		Tiamiou Adjibadé	1977 ambassador Bonn	Mathieu Kérékou	Richard Nixon
		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
		Name changed to People’s Republic of Benin		Mathieu Kérékou	Gerald Ford
		Setondji Thomas Boya		Mathieu Kérékou	Gerald Ford
		Guy-Landry Hazoume	Benin's foreign minister	Mathieu Kérékou	Ronald Reagan
		Theophile Nata		Mathieu Kérékou	Ronald Reagan
		Name changed to Republic of Benin		Mathieu Kérékou	George H. W. Bush
		Candide Pierre Ahouansou		Mathieu Kérékou	George H. W. Bush
		Lucien Edgar Tonoukouin		Nicéphore Soglo	Bill Clinton
		Segbe Cyrille Oguin		Mathieu Kérékou	George W. Bush
		Omar Arouna	^[5]	Boni Yayi	Barack Obama
		Hector S. R. F. Posset			Barack Obama

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Notes and References

1. Web site: The Team . The Republic of Benin Embassy to the United States of America . 13 August 2020.
2. Web site: Maxime-Léopold Zollner de Medeiros . 2017-01-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170204203107/http://www.africansuccess.org/visuFiche.php?lang=fr&id=1014 . 2017-02-04 . dead .
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=0yGPTsRubWEC&dq=%22DE+SOUZA,+WILFRID+RAOUL+%281935-%29%22&pg=PA140 Wilfred Raoul Eugène de Souza
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=Nu-wAAAAIAAJ&q=%22educ:+studied+political+science+at+Ecole+National+d%27Administration.+Paris+car.:+1969.+served+with+Benin%22 Saturnin Kaori Koaovi Soglo
5. http://www.allgov.com/news/appointments-and-resignations/benins-ambassador-to-the-united-states-who-is-omar-arouna-141004?news=854420 Omar Arouna
6. Chief of Protocol , https://2001-2009.state.gov/s/cpr/91569.htm