Agbéyomé Kodjo

Agbéyomé Messan Kodjo ( born October 12, 1954 in Tokpli ) is a Togolese politician who until June 2002 was Prime Minister of his country from August 2000.

From 1988 to 1991 under President Gnassingbé Eyadema Kodjo was Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports. Under Prime Minister Joseph Kokou Koffigoh he was in September 1992, Minister of Interior and Security, but Koffigoh dismissed him and Benjamin Agbéka, Minister of Communication and culture and also a member of the President's party, Rassemblement du peuple togolais ( RPT) again in November. Kodjo and Agbéka refused to February 1993 Eydémas support the dismissal, unseen of the protests against it and the intention Koffigohs to bring the matter before the Togolese Constitutional Court.

From 1993 to 1999, Kodjo was General Director of the Free Port of Lomé. After he was elected in the 1999 elections to the National Assembly, he became its president in June 1999. On August 29, 2000, he was appointed by President Eyadema as prime minister, sparking Eugene Koffi Adoboli from, who had lost a vote of confidence.

On 30 August 2001 Kodjo announced a target by the government constitutional amendment, the dictator Eyadema should allow a third term after the presidential elections in 2003. He later claimed to have rejected the announcement personally. During his tenure as Prime Minister, there was speculation about a possible successor Kodjos as President in the case of the official task Eyadéma, yet came Eyadema and he was released on 27 June 2002 as Prime Minister in a conflict and Kodjo. The reason for this internal party divisions within the RPT were officially called. In an article in the weekly magazine Le Scorpion Kodjo criticized the Eyadema government thereupon sharp. Kodjos successor as Prime Minister Koffi Sama was.

Kodjo left the country in July 2002 and went into exile in France. For insulting the president and disturbing the public order, he was wanted in court. From the RPT, he was expelled in August 2002.

After the death Eyadéma Kodjo returned on 8 April 2005 back to Togo, where he was first arrested for embezzlement during his time as Port Director. In September 2005, he founded a new party, the Alliance Démocratique pour la Patrie. 2007 failed his candidacy as president of the Togolese Football Association. In August 2008, Kodjo announced for the organization pour l'union dans un bâtir Togo solidaire ( Obut ) in the 2010 presidential election want to compete.

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