Gaston Zossou

Gaston Zossou is a former minister in the government of President Mathieu Kérékou, a teacher, author, entrepreneur, and Beninese politician.

Biography

Early life and education

Gaston Zossou was born on October 1, 1954, in Porto-Novo.

Career

Gaston Zossou began his professional life as an English teacher. He ventured into agricultural entrepreneurship by producing pineapples. He became well known to the Beninese people when he joined the government of General Mathieu Kérékou as the Minister of Communication and Promotion of New Technologies and then served as the Minister of Culture, Communication, and Government Spokesperson between 1999 and 2005. He was appointed Director General of the National Lottery of Benin on May 31, 2016, and took office on Thursday, June 3, 2016. In 2000, Gaston Zossou published In the Name of Africa with L’Harmattan, a political essay in which he diagnoses the problems plaguing the African continent and suggests ways to overcome them.
He is also the president of the football club Loto Popo FC.

Publications

Gaston Zossou is the author of several literary works, including essays and novels:
;EssaysIn the Name of Africa, L’Harmattan, 2000The Duty to Speak, Tamarin, 2014
;Novels at Riveneuve EditionsThe War of Things in the ShadowsThose People Are Wild Beasts, 2008Pure Metal Crab, 2009A Bone in the Throat of the Gods, 2012The Children of Sand, 2015The Woman with the Portfolio, 2017