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President · Benin

Nicéphore Soglo

34 recorded engagements, 1991–1995: 34 visits and 3 signed agreements.

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34Engagements
34Visits
0Phone calls
0Video conferences
3Signed agreements
17Destination countries
12Multilateral summits
1991–1995Years in LEAD

Biography

Beninese politician

Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo (born 29 November 1934) is a Beninese politician who was Prime Minister of Benin from 1990 to 1991 and President from 1991 to 1996. He was Mayor of Cotonou from 2003 to 2015. Soglo was married to Rosine Vieyra Soglo.

== Biography ==

Soglo was born in French Togoland. He studied law and economics at the University of Paris and the École nationale d'administration. Soglo met his future wife, a Beninese student named Rosine Vieyra, in 1947, while both were studying in France as teenagers. The couple married on 2 July 1958. They had two sons, Léhady (born 1960) and Ganiou Soglo (born 1962).

After receiving degrees in law and economics from the University of Paris, Soglo returned to Benin (then called Dahomey) and was the inspector of finance (1965–1967) before his cousin, Colonel Christophe Soglo, overthrew President Sourou-Migan Apithy and appointed his relative, Nicéphore, as minister of finance and economic affairs. Following the 1972 coup that brought Mathieu Kérékou to power, he left the country and held positions at international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.

In the late 1980s, faced with growing dissatisfaction...

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Where they travelled

Benin   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • Nigeria8
  • France6
  • United States of America3
  • Ivory Coast3
  • Senegal2
  • Uganda1
  • Kuwait1
  • United Arab Emirates1
  • China1
  • South Korea1
  • Ghana1
  • Gabon1

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations34
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs13
  • Development and Aid4
  • Trade and Economic Relations4
  • Human Rights and Governance2
  • Security and Defense1

Activity by year

1991: 3 engagements1992: 10 engagements1993: 8 engagements1994: 9 engagements1995: 4 engagements19911995

Signed agreements

Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.

DatePartnerWhat was signed
1992-03-03NigeriaEconomic Partnership Agreement
1992-05-26ChinaBenin-China cooperation framework (1992)
1994-02-21JapanJapan-Benin grant: 1.11bn yen for medical equipment and broadcasting

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
1991-11-10 – 1991-11-12VisitUnited States of America · Washington
1991-11-15 – 1991-11-17VisitUnited States of America · Washington
1991-11-19 – 1991-11-24Visit SummitFrance · Paris
1992-03-03 – 1992-03-05VisitNigeria · AbujaAgreement signedEconomic Partnership Agreement
1992-05-05 – 1992-05-06Visit SummitUganda · Kampala
1992-05-17VisitKuwait · Kuwait City
1992-05-18 – 1992-05-20VisitUnited Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi
1992-05-26 – 1992-05-31VisitChina · BeijingAgreement signedBenin-China cooperation framework (1992)
1992-05-31 – 1992-06-04VisitSouth Korea · Seoul
1992-07-01 – 1992-07-02Visit SummitSenegal · Dakar
1992-08-20Visit SummitGhana · Accra
1992-10-06 – 1992-10-07Visit SummitGabon · Libreville
1992-10-17VisitNigeria · Abuja
1993-01-13VisitNigeria · Abuja
1993-01-14VisitFrance · Paris
1993-04-16VisitNigeria · Abuja
1993-05-10 – 1993-05-11Visit SummitIvory Coast · Abidjan
1993-09-06 – 1993-09-15VisitGermany · Bonn
1993-09-16 – 1993-09-26VisitFrance · Paris
1993-11-08 – 1993-11-11VisitFrance · Paris
1993-12-07Visit SummitNigeria · Lagos
1994-01-09 – 1994-01-10Visit SummitSenegal · Dakar
1994-02-04VisitIvory Coast · Abidjan
1994-02-21 – 1994-02-24VisitJapan · TokyoAgreement signedJapan-Benin grant: 1.11bn yen for medical equipment and broadcasting
1994-03-07VisitLiberia · Monrovia
1994-03-15 – 1994-03-16Visit SummitBurkina Faso · Ouagadougou
1994-04-07VisitNigeria · Abuja
1994-06-01 – 1994-06-03Visit SummitZimbabwe · Harare
1994-08-05 – 1994-08-06Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
1994-12-09VisitNigeria · Abuja
1995-07-13VisitUnited States of America · Washington
1995-07-21Visit SummitIvory Coast · Abidjan
1995-09-13 – 1995-09-15VisitFrance · Paris
1995-10-18 – 1995-10-19VisitFrance · Paris

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22898778 [Nicéphore Soglo leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/nicephore-soglo.html]