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Foreign Minister · Benin

Théodore Holo

3 recorded engagements, 1991–1992: 3 visits.

3Engagements
3Visits
0Phone calls
0Video conferences
0Signed agreements
2Destination countries
2Multilateral summits
1991–1992Years in LEAD

Biography

Beninese politician, academic and judge

Théodore Holo (born 15 April 1948) is a Beninese politician, academic, and judge. He was the foreign minister of Benin from 1991 to 1992.

Born in Porto Novo and educated abroad, Holo taught at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration from 1979 to 1985. He accepted a professorship in international relations and constitutional law at the Université Nationale du Bénin in 1986. He simultaneously served as deputy director of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration and became the director in 1989. The following year, Holo was appointed deputy secretary general of the Haut Conseil de la Republique du Benin, supervising multiparty elections in 1991. After being foreign minister, he was justice and international relations minister and spokesman for Nicephore Soglo's government. He returned to teaching in 1996 and earned the UNESCO Human Rights and Democracy chair of the Université d'Abomey-Calavi. Holo joined the Benin Constitutional Court on 7 June 2008 and became the chairman of the Haute Cour de Justice on 24 June 2009.

== Notes ==

== References ==

Houngnikpo, Mathurin; Decalo, Samuel (2013). Historical Dictionary of Benin. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0810871718.

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Where they travelled

Benin   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America2
  • China1

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations3
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs2
  • Trade and Economic Relations1

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
1991-10-07Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
1991-12-25 – 1991-12-28VisitChina · Beijing
1992-09-28Visit 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 [Théodore Holo leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/theodore-holo.html]