Koffi Panou (January 31, 1947 – March 15, 2003"Le Togo et le RPT en deuil :Les Ex-Ministres Koffi Panou et Kokou Amédégnato décédés"
''Akéklé'', number 179, March 17, 2003 .) was a Togolese politician and diplomat who served in the government under President Gnassingbé Eyadéma. Panou, who was from

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in southern Togo,, ''Afrique Express'' . graduated from ESIJY in Yaoundé, Cameroon in the 1970s and worked as a journalist. He became Director of National Television in 1986, then was a Special Advisor to the President. After serving as Secretary-General of the Presidency, he was named Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1996, in which position he served until September 1, 1998, when he was named Minister of Communication and Civic Education. After two years in the latter position, he was again named Minister of Foreign Affairs on October 8, 2000. He was a member of the West African mediation group during the Ivorian Civil War and participated in the cease-fire negotiations. He remained

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until being replaced by

Roland Kpotsra Yao Roland Kpotsra (born February 20, 1947) is a Togolese diplomat and politician. He was Togo's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1996 to 2002 and again from 2007 to 2009; he was also Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2003. ...

in the government named on December 3, 2002."Dec 2002 - Togo", ''Keesing's Record of World Events'', volume 48, December 2002, Togo, page 45,131. Panou, who had been ill and had been to France for treatment at

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Military Hospital, died of a heart attackFrançois Soudan
"Koffi Panou : mort d'un fidèle"
''Jeune Afrique'', March 30, 2003 . on March 15, 2003 in Kara Region. He was participating in a traditional dance at the funeral of his mother, who had died in 1999, in

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, Bassar Prefecture, when he fell ill, and he died while he was being taken for treatment. His national funeral was held in Lomé on March 27. The funeral oration speech was performed by

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, a government minister.

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