Robert Dussey


Robert Dussey is a Togolese politician and minister. Since 17 September 2013, he is the Minister of [Foreign Affairs (Togo)|Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration] of Togo. He entered the second government of Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu, remained in the Government of Komi Selom Klassou from 28 June 2015 to 4 January 2019, and still serves as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African integration and Togolese abroad.
He is the ACP's Chief Negotiator and Chair of the Ministerial Central Negotiating Group for the new ACP-EU Partnership post-Cotonou 2020.

Biography

Born 4 January 1972 in Bangui, Central African Republic, Dussey was a seminarian ; Franciscan friar and monk of the Catholic Community of the Beatitudes.
A professor of political philosophy and Kantian, Dussey is a specialist in issues of peace, management, and resolution of armed conflicts.

Political career

From 2005 to 2013, Dussey acted as the diplomatic advisor to the President Faure Gnassingbé. Since September 2013, he became responsible for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration of Togo.
In 2018, in the context of the ACP-EU negotiations for Post-Cotonou 2020, Dussey was appointed chief negotiator of the ACP Group. The ACP-EU Post-Cotonou 2020 negotiations officially started on 28 September 2018 in New York.

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