Kokou Tozoun
Kokou Biossey Tozoun is a Togolese politician who was Minister of Justice from 2007 to March 2011.
Career
After serving as Minister of the Civil Service, Work and Employment,[1][2] Tozoun was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in the government named on July 29, 2003.[2][3] He was Foreign Minister for two years before being appointed as Minister of Communication and Civic Education in the government named on June 20, 2005.[4][5] At the 2006 Inter-Togolese Dialogue, Tozoun signed the Global Political Accord on the electoral process on behalf of the government on August 20, 2006.[6] He was dismissed from the government in September 2006, when a national unity government was formed.
Tozoun served as Rapporteur of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) at the time of the October 2007 parliamentary election.[7] Following the election, he was appointed Minister of Justice in the government of Prime Minister Komlan Mally, named on December 13, 2007.[8]
He is a member of the Central Committee of the Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) from Moyen-Mono Prefecture as of the party's Ninth Ordinary Congress in December 2006.[9]
When the National Assembly unanimously voted to abolish the death penalty in June 2009, Tozoun described it as "the best decision that we took in this year".[10]
References
- ^ "Le gouvernement du Togo, formé le 1er septembre1998", Afrique Express (in French).
- ^ a b List of members of the Togolese government (2005 archive page), presse-francophone.org (in French).
- ^ "Le Togo annonce la composition du nouveau gouvernement", Xinhua (People's Daily), July 31, 2003 (in French).
- ^ List of members of the Togolese government (2005 archive page), presse-francophone.org (in French).
- ^ Muriel Signouret, "Kodjo à la barre", Jeuneafrique.com, June 26, 2005 (in French).
- ^ Text of Global Policy Agreement Archived 2007-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, cenitogo.tg (in French).
- ^ Members of CENI Archived 2007-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, CENI website (in French).
- ^ "Léopold Gnininvi aux Affaires étrangères" Archived 2007-12-18 at the Wayback Machine, Republicoftogo.com, December 13, 2007 (in French).
- ^ List of members of the RPT Central Committee[permanent dead link], RPT website (in French).
- ^ "Togo abolishes the death penalty", BBC News, 24 June 2009.
