Kokou Biossey Tozoun is a Togolese political figure, currently serving as Minister of Justice.
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]
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