Sélom Klassou

Komi Sélom Klassou (born 10 February 1960) is a Togolese politician who served as 12th prime minister of Togo from 2015 to 2020. A member of the ruling Union for the Republic (UNIR), he served as Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports from 2000 to 2003, as Minister of Primary and Secondary Education from 2003 to 2007, and as first vice president of the National Assembly from 2007 to 2015.

== Life and career ==

Klassou was born in Notsé in Haho Prefecture. He was appointed Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports in the government named on October 8, 2000, serving in that position until he was appointed Minister of Primary and Secondary Education in the government named on July 29, 2003. 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".

Klassou served as Minister of Primary and Secondary Education for more than four years. He was the first candidate on the Rally of the Togolese People's candidate list for Haho Prefecture in the October 2007 parliamentary election and was successful...