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Benin

Secretary of the Popular Revolutionary (Communist) Party of Benin (PRBP)
30 Nov 1975 - 28 Feb 1990 Mathieu K�r�kou (b. 1933 - d. 2015)
("leading role" of the party abolished 8 Dec 1989)

French Agent at Whydah

23 Feb 1863 - 2 Jan 1865 Marius Denis C�lestin Daumas (d. 1894)

French Consuls at Cotonou

19 Apr 1878 - 1881 Albert Richard Ardin d'Elteil (b. 1843 - d. 1894)

1881 - 1883 Victor Bareste (b. 1835 - d. 1889)

Residents in Porto-Novo

Jun 1882 - 14 May 1883 Bonaventure Colonna de Leca (b. 1841 - d. 1883)

1883 - Jul 1883 Henri Guilmin (Guillemin)

(provisional)

Jul 1883 - Sep 1883 Henri Joseph Masseron (interim) (b. 1848 - d. 1888)

Sep 1883 - Feb 1884 Daniel Germa (d. 1884)

Mar 1884 - Jul 1884 L�opold Maignot (Meignot)(acting)

Ju1 1884 - 1886 Charles Disnematin-Dorat (b. 1826 - d. 1898)

1886 �mmanuel Roget (b. 1856 - d. 1903)

1886 - 6 Mar 1887 Jean-Marie Bayol (b. 1849 - d. 1905)

6 Mar 1887 - 16 Jun 1887 Gentien Antoine Victor Pereton (b. 1845 - d. ....)

(provisional)

16 Jun 1887 - 11 Jul 1888 Victor Marie Paul Ballot (b. 1855 - d. 1917)

(1st time)

Nov 1888 - May 1889 Paul Alphonse Fr�d�ric Marie de (b. 1846 - d. 1915)

Ghislain Raoul, baron de

Beeckman -Administrator

1889 - 19 Oct 1889 Louis Fr�d�ric �mile Tautain (b. 1855 - d. 1904)

19 Oct 1889 - 22 Dec 1891 Victor Marie Paul Victor Ballot (s.a.)

(2nd time)

Lieutenant-governor

22 Dec 1891 - 22 Jun 1894 Victor Marie Paul Victor Ballot (s.a.)

Governors

22 Jun 1894 - 3 Jul 1899 Victor Marie Paul Victor Ballot (s.a.)

3 Jul 1899 - 8 Oct 1899 Jean-Baptiste Fonssagrives (b. 1862 - d. 1910)

(acting)

8 Oct 1899 - 26 Nov 1900 Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal (b. 1861 - d. 1946)

(acting)

26 Nov 1900 - 5 May 1906 Victor Th�ophile Liotard (b. 1858 - d. 1916)

30 Jun 1902 - Oct 1902 Charles Emmanuel Joseph Marchal (b. 1855 - d. 1917)

(acting for Liotard)

1 Sep 1903 - 15 Jan 1904 Eug�ne Louis Fr�d�ric D�cazes (b. 1844 - d. 1913)

(acting for Liotard)

15 Jan 1904 - 28 Jun 1904 Antoine Julien Oscar Penel (b. 1843 - d. 1908)

(acting for Liotard)

5 May 1906 - 9 Jun 1906 Joseph �tienne Gabriel Lhuerre (b. 1855 - d. 1923)

(acting)

9 Jun 1906 - 8 Mar 1908 Charles Emmanuel Joseph Marchal (s.a.)

(acting to 16 Jul 1906)

8 Mar 1908 - 22 Sep 1908 Marie Antoine Edmond Gaudart (b. 1859 - d. 1942)

(acting)

22 Sep 1908 - 9 Oct 1908 Charles D�sir� Auguste Brunet (b. 1878 - d. 1957)

(acting)

9 Oct 1908 - 25 Apr 1909 Jean Jules �mile Peuvergne (b. 1849 - d. 1916)

25 Apr 1909 - 6 Mar 1911 Henri Jules Jean Baptiste Malan (b. 1869 - d. 1912)

29 Jun 1909 - 10 Feb 1910 Rapha�l Valentin Marius Antonetti (b. 1872 - d. 1938)

(acting for Malan)

6 Mar 1911 - 24 Jun 1911 Rapha�l Valentin Marius Antonetti (s.a.)

24 Jun 1911 - 9 May 1912 �mile Joseph Merwart (b. 1869 - d. 1960)

Lieutenant-governors

9 May 1912 - 7 Apr 1917 Charles Henri Adrien Noufflard (b. 1872 - d. 1936)

(acting to 11 Jul 1912)

7 Apr 1917 - 29 Aug 1928 Gaston L�opold Joseph Fourn (b. 1868 - d. 1952)

(acting to Jul 1919)

1 May 1921 - 28 Feb 1922 Pierre Aimable Chapon-Baissac (b. 1876 � d. af.1934)

(acting for Fourn)

1 Apr 1924 - 26 Nov 1924 Alphonse Paul Albert Choteau (b. 1883 - d. 1936)

(acting for Fourn)

29 Aug 1928 - 4 Apr 1929 Lucien Eug�ne Geay (acting) (b. 1900 - d. 1976)

4 Apr 1929 - 8 Feb 1931 Dieudonn� Fran�ois Joseph Marie (b. 1879 - d. 1976)

Reste

8 Feb 1931 - 7 Jan 1932 Th�ophile Antione Pascal Tellier (b. 1872 - d. 1955)

7 Jan 1932 - 2 Aug 1932 Louis Placide Blacher (b. 1883 - d. 1960)

2 Aug 1932 - 22 Jul 1933 Louis Aujas (acting) (b. 1876 - d. 1962)

22 Jul 1933 - 24 Aug 1934 Jules Marcel de Coppet (b. 1881 - d. 1968)

24 Aug 1934 - 15 Feb 1935 Jean Hyacinthe de Santi (acting) (b. 1899 - d. 1944)

15 Feb 1935 - 12 Jan 1937 Maurice L�on Bourgine (b. 1879 - d. 1963)

22 Sep 1935 - 1936 Jean Hyacinthe de Santi (s.a.)

(acting for Bourgine)

12 Jan 1937 - 7 Aug 1937 Henri �tienne Martinet (1st time) (b. 1896 - d. 1941)

(acting)

7 Aug 1937 - 7 Apr 1938 Ernest Gayon (acting)

7 Apr 1938 - 1 Jun 1938 Henri �tienne Martinet (2nd time) (s.a.)

(acting)

1 Jun 1938 - 27 Aug 1940 Armand L�on Annet (b. 1888 - d. 1973)

27 Aug 1940 - 18 Sep 1940 Pierre Jean Andr�Saliceti (b. 1893 - d. 1946)

(acting)

18 Sep 1940 - 26 Aug 1943 L�on Hippolyte Truitard (b. 1885 - d. 1972)

26 Aug 1943 - 21 May 1946 Charles Andr� Maurice Assier (b. 1889 - d. 1952)

de Pompignan

21 May 1946 - 13 Oct 1946 Robert Alfred Legendre (acting) (b. 1891 - d. 19..)

Governors

13 Oct 1946 - 14 Jan 1948 Robert Alfred Legendre (acting) (s.a.)

14 Jan 1948 - 13 Jan 1949 Jean Georges Chambon (b. 1896 - d. 1965)

13 Jan 1949 - 19 Sep 1949 Jacques Alphonse Boissier (b. 1910 - d. 1967)

19 Sep 1949 - Nov 1951 Claude Valluy (acting)

Nov 1951 - 21 Jun 1955 Charles Henri Bonfils (b. 1908 - d. 2001)

21 Jun 1955 - 21 Mar 1958 Marc Casimir Biros (b. 1905 - d. 1995)

21 Mar 1958 - 15 Jul 1958 Bernard Hepp (acting) (b. 1919 - d. 1986)

15 Jul 1958 - 4 Dec 1958 Ren� Tirant (acting) (b. 1907 - d. 1978)

High commissioner

4 Dec 1958 - 1 Aug 1960 Ren� Tirant (s.a.)

Presidents

30 Jul 1960 - 27 Oct 1963 Coutoucou Hubert Maga (1st time) (b. 1916 - d. 2000) RDD;1960 PDU

(Chief of State, Prime minister to 31 Dec 1960)

27 Oct 1963 - 28 Oct 1963 Provisional Government

- Coutoucou Hubert Maga (s.a.) PDU

- Joseph Sourou Migan Marcellin (b. 1913 - d. 1989) PR

Apithy

- Justin Ahomad�gb�-Tom�tin (b. 1917 - d. 2002) UDD

28 Oct 1963 - 25 Jan 1964 Christophe Soglo (1st time) (b. 1909 - d. 1983) Mil

(Head of Provisional Government)

25 Jan 1964 - 29 Nov 1965 Joseph Sourou Migan Marcellin (s.a.) PDD

Apithy

29 Nov 1965 - 22 Dec 1965 Tahirou Congacou (b. 1913 - d. 1976) PDD

22 Dec 1965 - 17 Dec 1967 Christophe Soglo (2nd time) (s.a.) Mil

17 Dec 1967 - 21 Dec 1967 Iropa Maurice Kouand�t� (1st time) (b. 1932 - d. 2003) Mil

(Chief of State)

21 Dec 1967 - 17 Jul 1968 Alphonse Amadou Alley (b. 1930 - d. 1987) Mil

(Chief of State)

17 Jul 1968 - 10 Dec 1969 �mile Derlin Henri Zinsou (b. 1918 - d. 2016) Non-party

10 Dec 1969 - 12 Dec 1969 Iropa Maurice Kouand�t� (2nd time) (s.a.) Mil

(Chief of Staff of the Army)

12 Dec 1969 - 7 May 1970 Paul-�mile de Souza (b. 1931 - d. 1999) Mil

(president of the Directory)

7 May 1970 - 7 May 1972 Coutoucou Hubert Maga (2nd time) (s.a.) Non-party

(president of Presidential Council)

7 May 1972 - 26 Oct 1972 Justin Ahomad�gb�-Tom�tin (s.a.) Non-party

(president of Presidential Council)

26 Oct 1972 - 4 Apr 1991 Mathieu K�r�kou� (1st time) (s.a.) Mil;1975 PRPB

4 Apr 1991 - 4 Apr 1996 Nic�phore Dieudonn� Soglo (b. 1934) 1992: PRB

4 Apr 1996 - 6 Apr 2006 Mathieu K�r�kou (2nd time) (s.a.) FARD

6 Apr 2006 - 6 Apr 2016 Thomas Boni Yayi (b. 1952) Non-party

6 Apr 2016 - Patrice Athanase Guillaume Talon (b. 1958) Non-party

Vice President of the Government Council

25 May 1957 - 26 Jul 1958 Joseph Sourou Migan Marcellin (s.a.) PR

Apithy

Prime ministers

26 Jul 1958 - 22 May 1959 JosephSourou Migan Marcellin (s.a.) PR;1959 PPD

Apithy

(to 4 Dec 1958, president of the government council;

then president of the provisional government)

22 May 1959 - 31 Dec 1960 Coutoucou Hubert Maga (s.a.) RDD;1960 PDU

31 Dec 1960 - 25 Jan 1964 P ost abolished

25 Jan 1964 - 29 Nov 1965 Justin Ahomadegb�-Tom�tin (s.a.) PDD

29 Nov 1965 - 21 Dec 1967 Post ab olished

21 Dec 1967 - 17 Jul 1968 Iropa Maurice Kouand�t� (s.a.) Mil

17 Jul 1968 - 12 Mar 1990 Pos t abolished

12 Mar 1990 - 4 Apr 1991 Nic�phore Dieudonn� Soglo (interim)(s.a.) Non-party

4 Apr 1991 - 9 Apr 1996 V acant

9 Apr 1996 - 14 May 1998 Adrien Houngb�dji (b. 1942) PRD

14 May 1998 - 28 May 2011 Post abolished

28 May 2011 - 11 Aug 2013 Pascal Ir�n�e Koupaki (b. 1951) UDBN

11 Aug 2013 - 18 Jun 2015 Post abolished

18 Jun 2015 - 6 Apr 2016 Lionel Zinsou (b. 1954) FCBE

6 Apr 2016 - Post abolished

�Name change to Ahmed K�r�kou announced 28 Sep 1980, but officially denied.

Territorial Disputes: Talks continue between Benin and Togo on funding the Adjrala hydroelectric dam on the Mona River; Benin retains a border dispute with Burkina Faso around the town of Koualou; location of Benin-Niger-Nigeria tripoint is unresolved.

Party abbreviations: FARD = Front d'Action pour le R�nouveau et le D�veloppement (Action Front for Renewal and Development, socialist democratic, est.1994); FCBE = Forces Cauris pour un B�nin Emergent (Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin, liberal, centrist, pro-Yayi Boni, est.2006); PRB = Parti de la Renaissance du B�nin (Party for Renaissance of Benin, liberal, N. Soglo personalist to 2017, est.Mar 1992);PRD = Parti du R�nouveau D�mocratique (Democratic Renewal Party, Houngb�dji personalist, est.1990); UDBN = Union pour le D�veloppement d'un B�nin Nouveau (Union for the Development of a New Benin, 2015 renamed Union D�mocratique pour un Benin Nouveau [Democratic Union for a New Benin], presidential movement, est.3 Oct 2010); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: ADD = Alliance D�mocratique Dahom�enne (Dahomeyan Democratic Alliance, J. Ahomad�gb� personalist, UDD successor, 10 Dec - 22 Dec 1965); PDD = Parti D�mocratique Dahom�en(Dahomeyan Democratic Party, sole legal party, African nationalist, mainly ethnic Yoruba-Nago & Fon-Adja, south and central regionalist, merger of PR and UDD, 1963-22 Dec 1965); PDU = Parti Dahom�en de l'Unit� (Unity Party of Dahomey, state party, African nationalist, republicanism, merger of PR and RDD, Nov 1960-1963); **PND = Parti des Nationalistes du Dahomey (Nationalist's Party of Dahomey, S.M. Apithy personalist, Yorua and Nago based, Feb 1960-Nov 1960, merged into PDU); PPD= Parti Progressiste Dahom�en (Dahomeyan Progressive Party, anti-Ahomad�gb�, merger of PR and MDD, 1958-1959, dissolved); PR = Parti R�publicain Dahom�en (Republican Party of Dahomey, S.M. Apithy personalist, Apr 1951-1958, merged into PPD, re-est.1959-Feb 1960, renamed PND); PRPB = Parti de la R�volution Populaire du B�nin (Benin People's Revolutionary Party, Marxist-Leninist to 8 Dec 1989, communist,1975-8 Dec 1989 only legal party, 30 Nov 1975-30 Apr 1990);RDD = Rassemblement D�mocratique Dahom�enn (Dahomeyan Democratic Rally, northern regionalist, H. Maga personalist, Aug 1957-1960, merged into PDU);UDD = Union D�mocratique Dahom�enne (Dahomeyan Democratic Union, mainly ethnic Fon, J. Ahomad�gb� personalist, 1955-11 Apr 1961)

Forte de S�o Jo�o Baptista de Ajud� (Fortress of Saint John the Baptist of Whydah)

to 1 Aug 1961
Map of S�o Jo�o Baptista de Ajud�	Hear National Anthem "A Portugesa" (The Portuguese)	Text of National Anthem	Constitution
Capital: S�o Jo�o Baptista de Ajud�	Currency: Portuguese Escudo (PTE)	National Holiday: 10 Jun (1580) Dia de Portugal (Portugal Day)	Population: 2 (1961) 5 (1921)
GDP: N/A(1960)∣∗∗Exports∗∗:N/A (1960)	Exports: N/A(1960)∣∗∗Exports∗∗:N/A (1960) Imports: $N/A (1960)	Ethnic groups: Portuguese 100%
Total Armed Forces: N/A Defense was the responsibility of Portugal Merchant marine: None (1960)	Religions: Roman Catholic 100%
International Organizations/Treaties: None

1680 Portuguese governor of S�o Tom� and Pr�ncipe establishes
a fort in the city of Hweda (in English: Whydah, French:
Ouidah, Portuguese: Ajud�).
17.. - 1721 Abandoned.
1721 Fort re-established and named Forte de S�o Jo�o Baptista de Ajud�;
subordinated to Brazil until 1821.
1730 - ... Under Companhia de Cacheu e Cabo Verde rule.
7 Sep 1822 - 1844 Under the sovereignty of Brazil.
18 Apr 1861 - 6 Mar 1865 Occupied by French missionaries (expelled on 12 Apr 1865).
6 Mar 1865 Fort reclaimed by the Portuguese (subordinated to the governors
of S�o Tom� and Pr�ncipe).
1869 - 1872? Abandoned.
29 Apr 1878 Slavery abolished in the Portuguese possessions (by 29 Apr 1858
Portuguese royal decree).
1 Aug 1961 Occupied and annexed by Dahomey (Benin).
1965 Symbolic closure of the fort, its premises becomes home to
the Museum of History of Ouidah.
1975 Annexation formally recognized by Portugal.

Directors
1680 - .... Jacinto de Figueiredo Abreu
.... - 1721 abandoned
1721 - 1728 Francisco Pereira Mendes
1728 - 1743 Jo�o Bas�lio
1743 - 1746 Martinho de Cunha Barbosa (d. 1746)
1746 Frei Francisco do Esp�rito Santo
(interim)
1746 Francisco Nunes Pereira (usurper)
1746 - 1749 F�lix Jos� de Gouveia (1st time)
1749 - 1751 .... [unknown]
1751 Luis Coelho de Brito (d. 1751)
1751 - 1757 Teod�sio Rodrigues da Costa
1757 - 1759 Ant�nio Nunes de Gouveia (interim)
1759 - 1762 F�lix Jos� de Gouveia (2nd time)
1762 - 1764 Francisco Xavier da Silveira (d. 1764)
1764 - 1765? Jos� Gomes Gonzaga Neves
1765 - 176. John Reveire
1768? - 1781 Bernardo Azevedo Coutinho
1782 - 1793 Francisco Ant�nio da Fonseca e (b. 1745 - d. ....)
Arag�o
(acting to 22 Jul 1784; nominally to 1797, but expelled in 1793)
1793 Manuel Lellis e Almeida
1793 - 1796 Francisco Xavier Alves
1796 - 1799 Manuel de Bastos Varela Pinto
Pacheco
1799 - 1800 Jos� Ferreira de Araujo (interim)
1800 - 1803 Jos� Joaquim Marques da Gra�a
(interim)
1804 - 1805 Jacinto Jos� de Sousa (d. 1805)
1805 - 1805? Francisco Xavier Rodrigues da Silva
1805? - 1844 Francisco F�lix de Sousa (b. 1754 - d. 1849)
(acting to 1818)
Governors
1844 - 1845 Joaquim Jos� Libanio (d. 1845)
1845 - 4 May 1849 Francisco F�lix de Souza (s.a.)
1849 - 18.. Quaresma
1851 Francisco Celestino Elesperch (d. 1851)
1851 - 1852 Isidoro F�lix de Souza (b. 1802 - d. 1858)
1852 - 1853 Jo�o Justino da Costa
1853 - May 1857 Jos� Pinheiro de Souza
May 1857 - Nov 1858 Francisco "Chico" F�lix de Souza (b. 1824 - d. 1880)
Jun 1859 - 18 Apr 1861 Claudio Lancastre
18 Apr 1861 - 6 Mar 1865 French missionary leaders
- Francesco Borghero (b. 1830 - d. 1892)
(superior of the apostolic vicariat;
6 May 1861 - 12 Jan 1865)
- Philibert Courdioux (b. 1838 - d. 1898)
(superior-delegate of Borghero)
1865 - 1868 Jos� Maria Borges de Sequeira
1868 - 1869 Vital de Bettencourt Vasconcellos (b. c.1820 - d. 1870)
Corte Real do Canto
1869 - 1872? abandoned
1872 - 187. Ant�nio Joaquim da Fonseca (b. 1839 - d. 1872)
187. - 1878 Augusto Fructuoso Figueiredo de (b. 1851 - d. 1921) Barros
1878 - 1879 Louren�o da Rocha
1879 - 1881 Ant�nio Jos� Machado (b. 1852 - d. ....)
1881 - 1883 ....
1883 - 1885 Fernando Gon�alves
1885 Bernardo Francisco Lu�s da Cruz
1885 Jos� Gomes de Souza
1885 - 1886 Francisco Rego
1886 - 1887 Ant�nio Domingues Cortez da Silva (b. 1849 - d. 1904)
Curado
1887 - 1888 Manuel Francisco Rodrigues
Guimar�es
1888 Vicente da Rosa Rolim (1st time) (b. 1848 - d. 1940)
1888 - 1890 Manuel Jos� Ferreira dos Santos
(1st time)
1890 Carolino Ac�cio Cordeiro
1890 - 1893 Vicente da Rosa Rolim (2nd time) (s.a.)
1893 - 189. Manuel Jos� Ferreira dos Santos
(2nd time)
1897 - 1898 Campos
1898 - .... Nunes da Aguiar
1900 - 190. Ant�nio Mendes da Costa
190. - 1905 Jo�o de Deus Pires (1st time) (b. 18.. - d. 1938)
1905 - 1906 Joaquim Lu�s de Carvalho
1906 - 1909 Jo�o de Deus Pires (2nd time) (s.a.)
1909 - 1911 Sebasti�o Lousada
1911 C�ndido Jo�o de Barros
1911 - 1912 Guilherme Sp�nola de Melo (b. 1876 - d. 1947)
1912 - 1913 Eduardo Germack Possolo
1913 - 191. Vicente da Rosa Rolim (3rd time) (s.a.)
191. - 1918 ....
1918 Vicente da Rosa Rolim (4th time) (s.a.)
1919 - 1920 Jos� Bento de Oliveira Viegas
1921 - 1928 Viriato Henrique dos Anjos Garcez
1928 - 1931 Joaquim Sinel de Cordes (b. 1890 - d. 1936)
1932 - 1938 Miguel Maria Pupo Correia (1st time)
1938 - 1941 Jos� Pimenta Segurado Avelar (b. 1893 - d. 1941)
Machado
1941 - 1942 Jean Louis Bourjac
(self-proclaimed; not recognized by Portugal)
1942 - 1944 Jos� An�bal de Vasconcelos e S� (b. 1899 - d. 19..)
Guerreiro Nuno (1st time)(interim)
1944 - 1946 Carlos Alberto de Serpa Soares (b. 1908 - d. 1983)
1946 Jos� An�bal de Vasconcelos e S� (s.a.)
Guerreiro Nuno (2nd time)
1946 - 1951 Miguel Maria Pupo Correia (2nd time)
Administrators
1951 - 1954 Ant�nio Jo�o Teles Pereira de
Vasconcelos
1954 - 1956 Ernesto Ant�nio Pereira Enes (b. c.1910 - d. ....)
Intendant
1956 - 1 Aug 1961 Ant�nio Agostinho Saraiva Borges

English Whydah: Fort William 1681 English Fort William at Ouidah (English spelling: Whydah), as
dependency of the Cape Castle (Gold Coast).
May 1716 - 20 Oct 1720 Factory leased to William Baillie and Johnson.
4 May 7219 - 16 Jul 1729 The Hueda occupy Ouidah town.
1745 Fort William (Whydah) independent of Cape Castle (Gold Coast).
Feb 1812 Abandoned.

Governors (initially called Factors)
May 1681 - Aug 1681 John Thorne
(at Offra 1681-83)
Aug 1681 - Jul 1682 Arthur Wendover
Jul 1682 - 1684 John Winder
1684 - 1688 John Carter
1688 - Feb 1690 Petley Wyborne (d. 1690)
1690 - Apr 1692 John Wortley
Apr 1692 - 1693 Edward Jacklin
1693 John Pratt
1693 - 8 Feb 1694 Francis Smith (d. 1694)
Feb 1694 - 1699 Josiah Pearson
1700? - 1702? Wilbourne
c.1702 - 1704 Peter Duffield
Feb 1704 - 1709 Richard Willis (d. 1709)
1709 - 1712 William Hicks
Mar 1712 - May 1713 Agents
- Hilliard
- Green
May 1713 - Mar 1715 Joseph Blaney
Mar 1715 - Aug 1715 Agents
- J. Errington
- L. Green
Aug 1715 - May 1716 Agents
- R. Mason
- D. Welsh
- W. Bramston
May 1716 - Oct 1720 William Baillie
+ Johnson
Oct 1720 - Dec 1720 John Stevenson
Jan 1721 - Feb 1724 Ambrose Baldwyn
Feb 1724 - Mar 1727 Jeremiah Tinker
Mar 1727 - Feb 1728 Abraham Duport
Feb 1728 - Mar 1729 Thomas Wilson
Jul 1729 - Nov 1729 Charles Testefole (d. 1729)
Nov 1729 - Jan 1730 Robert Urquhart (acting)
Jan 1730 - Dec 1730 Edward Dean (1st time)
May 1730 - Dec 1730 John Brathwaite
(joint governor of Cape Castle, in Whydah)
Jan 1731 - Jun 1731 Robert Poulter (d. 1731)
Jun 1731 - Mar 1733 Edward Dean(2nd time)
Mar 1733 - Jul 1734 Charles Whitaker
Jul 1734 - Oct 1734 John Wyat (acting as agent)
Nov 1734 - Apr 1735 William Whetstone Rogers (d. 1735)
Aug 1735 - 1737/38? Alexander Spalding
Jun 1738 - Mar 1739 Stephen Lushington
Apr 1739 - 1745 Isaac Gregory
1745 - Dec 1745 Arthur Graham
Jan 1746 - Dec 1746 Henry Turner (d. 1746)
1747 - Jul 1750 William Devaynes (1st time)(agent) (b. 17.. - d. 1809)
Jul 1750 - Jan 1751 Andrew Johnson (d. 1751)
Jan 1751 - Sep 1751 Robert Livingstone
Sep 1751 - Nov 1752 William Devaynes (2nd time) (s.a.)
Nov 1752 - Nov 1753 William Withers
Nov 1753 - Aug 1762 William Devaynes (3rd time) (s.a.)
Aug 1762 - Feb 1767 William Goodson (d. 1767)
Feb 1767 - Apr 1767 Richard Burgess (Burgiss)
Apr 1767 - 1770 Archibald Dalzel (b. 1740 - d. 1811)
Aug 1770 - Sep 1770 Erasmus Williams (d. 1770)
Oct 1770 - Jun 1803 Lionel Abson (b. 17.. - d. 1803)
Jun 1803 - Mar 1804 Henry Edward James (acting)
Mar 1804 - Jun 1807 Henry Hamilton
Jul 1807 - Feb 1812 Frederick James

French Ouidah: Fort St. Louis 1671 - 1797 French Fort Saint-Louis at Ouidah (Fort Saint-Louis, � Juda, C�te de Guin�e).

Factors
1671 - 16.. Heinrich Karloff (b. 1621/22 - d. c.1694)
(Henrik Carloff [Hendrik Caerloff])
16.. - 1690's ....
c.1690's - 1704 abandoned
Directeurs at Fort Saint-Louis, � Juda, C�te de Guin�e 1704 - 170. Gommat (or Gommet)
1707 - 1710 Derigouyn
1710 - 1712 Chamois
1712 - Nov 1715 Du Coulombier
Nov 1715 - 1722 Bouchel
1722? - 1727? Levesque
1727 - 1729 Houdoyer-Dupetitval (d. 1729)
(Hueda prisoner from 29 May 1729)
23 Jul 1729 - 1730 Gallot (interim)
1730 - 1731 Mallet de la Mine
1732 Lavigne (d. 1732)
1732 - 1734 Julien du Belay (d. 1734)
1734 - 1737 Delisle (d. 1737)
1737 - 1742 Laurent
1742 Levens
1742 - 21 Aug 1747 Levet
Sep 1747 - Mar 1751 Druno de la Court
Mar 1751 - 1755 Jacques Guestard (1st time) (d. 1774)
1755 - c.1758 Dubourdieu
1763 - 1764 Antoine Pruneau de Pommegorge (b. 1720 - d. 1812)
1764 - 5 Jul 1764 Remillat
Jul 1764 - Sep 1765 Cuillie
1765 - 1774 Jacques Guestard (2nd time) (s.a.)
1774 - 1775 de Warel
1775 - 1786 Joseph Ollivier de Montagu�re (d. c.1793)
Jan 1787 - Jul 1789 Pierre Simon Gourg
1789 - 1797 Jean-Fran�ois Deniau de La Garenne
1797 Pierre Bonon

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