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.

[2] Soglo met his future wife, a Beninese student named Rosine Vieyra, in 1947, while both were studying in France as teenagers (he was 16, whilst she was 14 for she was two years his junior).

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.

[5] In the late 1980s, faced with growing dissatisfaction over a stagnant economy, the Kérékou government agreed to convene a national conference that would lead the country towards multiparty democracy.

In 1993, President Soglo headed the Benin delegation which participated in the first Tokyo International Conference on African Development.

[6] Nicéphore Soglo and the RB were victorious in the December 2002–January 2003 municipal election in Cotonou, Benin's largest city.

[11][12] Soglo was elected as Mayor by the city's council on 13 February 2003, receiving the support of 41 of the 45 councillors,[13] and he was sworn in on the same day.

[16] Soglo ran for re-election as a municipal councillor in the April 2008 local election in Cotonou; he was also the RB candidate for Mayor, vowing to continue to modernize the city and create a system of public transportation.