Robert Dussey

Robert Dussey
Dussey speaking at the Horasis Global Meeting; Portuguese Riviera, 2017.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration of Togo
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 June 2015
PresidentFaure Gnassingbé
Prime MinisterKomi Sélom Klassou
In office
17 September 2013 – 22 May 2015
PresidentFaure Gnassingbé
Prime MinisterKwesi Ahoomey-Zunu
Preceded byEliot Ohin
Personal details
Born (1972-01-04) 4 January 1972 (age 52)
Bangui, Central African Republic

Robert Dussey (born 4 January 1972) is a Togolese politician and minister. Since 17 September 2013, he is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration of Togo. He entered the second government Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu, remained in the Government of Komi Selom Klassou from 28 June 2015 to 4 January 2019, and still serves as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African integration and Togolese abroad.

He is the ACP's Chief Negotiator and Chair of the Ministerial Central Negotiating Group for the new ACP-EU Partnership post-Cotonou 2020.[1]

Biography

Born 4 January 1972 in Bangui, Central African Republic, Dussey was a seminarian (Saint Paul Seminary of Bangui); Franciscan friar and monk of the Catholic Community of the Beatitudes.

A professor of political philosophy and Kantian, Dussey is a specialist in issues of peace, management, and resolution of armed conflicts.

Political career

Robert Dussey and Rex Tillerson

From 2005 to 2013, Dussey acted as the diplomatic advisor to the President Faure Gnassingbé. Since September 2013, he became responsible for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration of Togo.[2]

In 2018, in the context of the ACP-EU negotiations for Post-Cotonou 2020, Dussey was appointed as chief negotiator of the ACP Group.[3] The ACP-EU Post-Cotonou 2020 negotiations officially started on 28 September 2018 in New York.[4]

Distinctions

  • Ranked in 2015, 2016, and 2019 by the magazine "NewAfrican" on the list of the 100 most influential personalities on the African continent
  • Knight of the Legion of Honor of France in 2012
  • Officer of the Order of Mono of the Togolese Republic in 2018[5]
  • International Human Rights Prize 2021-2022 in Islamabad, Pakistan in 2022
  • Commander of the National Order of Mali on a foreign basis in 2023

Bibliography

  • Life without life: novel , Editions Bognini, Abidjan 2000
  • For lasting peace in Africa: advocacy for an African conscience of armed conflict , Editions Bognini, 2002
  • Thinking reconciliation in Togo , Editions Bognini, Abidjan 2003
  • Africa sick of its politicians: Unconsciousness, irresponsibility, ignorance or innocence? , Jean Picollec, 2008
  • A comedy in the tropics, L'Harmattan, 2011

References

  1. ^ New ACP-EU Partnership post-Cotonou 2020
  2. ^ "S.E.Prof. Robert Dussey, Ministre des Affaires Etrangères et de la Coopération | Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, de la Coopération et de l'Intégration africaine". diplomatie.gouv.tg (in French). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Togo). Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "TOGO IS APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL GROUP OF ACP NEGOTIATIONS (POST COTONOU 2020)".
  4. ^ "ACP-EU negotiations: Taking the road to prosperity together".
  5. ^ "Décret N° 2018-092/ PR du 26/04/18 Portant nominations dans l'Ordre du Mono" (PDF). Journal officiel de la République togolaise. 6 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 2, 2023. Retrieved June 11, 2023..