Chief of the Defence Staff (Benin)
# Chief of the Defence Staff (Benin)

The Chief of the Defence Staff (French: Chef d'etat major général des armées) is the highest-ranking military officer in the Benin Armed Forces and is responsible for maintaining control over the service branches.

## List of officeholders

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Defence branch | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Ref. |
| | | Major general Fernand Amoussou [fr] (born 1955) | 2000 | 17 August 2005 | 4–5 years | Army | |
| | | Major general Mathieu Amoussa Chabi Boni (born 1956) | 17 August 2005 | 28 March 2012 | 6 years, 224 days | Army | |
| | | Major general Soumanou Oke (born 1955) | 28 March 2012 | 30 June 2012 | 94 days | Army | |
| | | Brigadier general Emmanuel Joseph Akpona (born 1957) | 30 June 2012 | 28 January 2013 | 212 days | Army | |
| | | Counter admiral Denis Hounsou Gbèssèmèhlan | 28 January 2013 | 30 December 2015 | 2 years, 336 days | Navy | |
| | | Brigadier general Awal Djibril Bouko Nagnimi | 30 December 2015 | 16 September 2016 | 261 days | Army | |
| | | Brigadier general Laurent Amoussou | 16 September 2016 | 14 November 2018 | 2 years, 59 days | Army | |
| | | Counter admiral Patrick Jean Baptiste Aho (born 1960) | 14 November 2018 | 12 April 2022 | 3 years, 149 days | Navy | |
| | | Brigadier general Fructueux Candide Ahodegnon Gbaguidi | 12 April 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 106 days | Army | |
