LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database

Foreign Minister · Togo

Kokou Tozoun

2 recorded engagements, 2003–2004: 2 visits.

2Engagements
2Visits
0Phone calls
0Video conferences
0Signed agreements
1Destination countries
2Multilateral summits
2003–2004Years in LEAD

Biography

Togolese politician

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, Tozoun was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in the government named on July 29, 2003. He was Foreign Minister for two years before being appointed Minister of Communication and Civic Education in the government named on June 20, 2005. 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. 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. Following the election, he was appointed Minister of Justice in the government of Prime Minister Komlan Mally, named on December 13, 2007.

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.

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Where they travelled

Togo   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America2

Discussion topics

  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs2
  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations2

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
2003-09-30Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2004-09-28Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22898778 [Kokou Tozoun leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/kokou-tozoun.html]