Gahoun Georges Hégbor
Gahoun Kossi Georges Hégbor (born August 18, 1940[1]) is a Togolese politician of the Action Committee for Renewal (CAR) political party.[2]
Hégbor was born in Baguida.[1] He worked as a journalist for Togo-Presse from 1963 to 1972 and was a diplomat at the Togolese embassy in Paris from 1972 to 1976. He earned a law degree (DESS) at Panthéon-Assas University in 1975 and was admitted to the bar in 1978.[2]
He was a founding member of the Action Committee for Renewal (CAR)[2] and is the party's First Vice-President as of 2006.[2][3] On June 23, 1993, he filed the candidacy of CAR President Yawovi Agboyibo for the 1993 presidential election.[4] He was elected to the National Assembly in the second round of the February 1994 parliamentary election as the CAR candidate in the Second Constituency of Golfe Prefecture.[5]
At the 2006 Inter-Togolese Dialogue, Hégbor signed the Global Political Accord on the electoral process on behalf of the CAR on August 20, 2006.[6] He was appointed as Minister of Communication and Civic Education[2] in the national unity government of Prime Minister Yawovi Agboyibo on September 20, 2006.[3]
In the October 2007 parliamentary election, Hégbor was the first candidate on the CAR's candidate list for Lomé,[1] but did not win a seat in the election.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 List of candidates in Lomé for the 2007 election, CENI website (French).
- 1 2 3 4 5 Profiles of Togolese government ministers, etiame.com (French).
- 1 2 "Formation du nouveau gouvernement au Togo", Panapress (Afrik.com), September 20, 2006 (French).
- ↑ Journal Official de la Republique Togolaise, 6 August 1993, pages 1–2 (French).
- ↑ Journal Officiel de la Republique Togolaise, April 8, 1994, page 2 (French).
- ↑ Text of Global Policy Agreement, cenitogo.tg (French).
- ↑ Text of Constitutional Court decision (final election results), October 30, 2007 (French).