Chabi Mama

{{Short description|Beninese politician}}

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| occupation = Beninese politician

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1921|07|15}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|||1921|07|15|df=yes}}

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Chabi Mama (15 July 1921 – 10 May 1996{{Cite web|url=https://www.rulers.org/indexm1.html|title = Index Ma-Mam}} or 2001){{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Benin|author1=Houngnikpo, M.C.|author2=Decalo, S.|date=2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810873735|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3G3XyLV6b4cC|accessdate=2014-12-13}} was an early Beninese politician. He became the foreign minister of newly independent Dahomey (now Benin){{cite book

|title=Africa research bulletin: Africa, political, social, and cultural series, Volume 1

|year=1997

|publisher=Africa Research, Ltd.

|page=41

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_VTjAAAAMAAJ&q=chabi+mama

|accessdate=2010-07-15

}} in 1959, lasting in that position until 1960. He then returned to that position from 1963 to 1964.{{cite book|title=Les élites africaines|date=1972|publisher=Édiafric|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=od4EAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=2014-10-12}}