Komi Klassou

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Komi Sélom Klassou (born February 10, 1960[1][2]) is a Togolese politician of the ruling Rally of the Togolese People. He was a Minister in the government from 2000 to 2007 and has been First Vice-President of the National Assembly of Togo since 2007.

Klassou was born in Notsé in Haho Prefecture.[1][2] He was appointed Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports in the government named on October 8, 2000,[3][4] serving in that position until he was appointed Minister of Primary and Secondary Education in the government named on July 29, 2003.[4][5] He also directed Faure Gnassingbé's campaign in the April 2005 presidential election, and after the Constitutional Court declared Gnassingbé the winner of the election, which was disputed by the opposition, Klassou called it "a great victory for the people of Togo".[6]

Klassou served as Minister of Primary and Secondary Education for more than four years. He was the first candidate on the RPT's candidate list for Haho Prefecture in the October 2007 parliamentary election[2] and was successful in winning a seat.[7] On November 24, 2007, he was elected as the First Vice-President of the National Assembly,[8] and he was replaced in his ministerial post in the government named on December 13, 2007.[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b List of ministers in the 2006-2007 government, etiame.com (French).
  2. ^ a b c List of 2007 candidates in Haho Prefecture, CENI website (French).
  3. ^ "Le gouvernement du Togo, formé le 8 octobre 2000", Afrique Express (French).
  4. ^ a b List of members of the Togolese government (2005 archive page), presse-francophone.org (French).
  5. ^ "Le Togo annonce la composition du nouveau gouvernement", Xinhua (People's Daily), July 31, 2003 (French).
  6. ^ "TOGO: Father-son transition made official as thousands continue to flee", IRIN, May 3, 2005.
  7. ^ Text of Constitutional Court decision (final election results), October 30, 2007 (French).
  8. ^ "Abbas Bonfoh élu président de l'Assemblée", Republicoftogo.com, November 27, 2007 (French).
  9. ^ "Léopold Gnininvi aux Affaires étrangères", Republicoftogo.com, December 13, 2007 (French).
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