Saliou Akadiri (born 1950) is a

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ese politician and diplomat who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin from 2015 to 2016. Hailing from Issaba, Akadiri studied in Porto Novo and completed a law degree at the

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in 1976. He served as the head of the African and European Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1976 to 1984. He spent a year in Paris before returning to the foreign ministry until 1987, at which time he assumed the role of Ambassador to France. Akadiri served in the

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from 1998 to 2006.Houngnikpo & Decalo 2013, p. 42. He became Benin's Foreign Minister in 2015.La ville de Pobè en euphorie après la nomination du maire Saliou Akadiri au gouvernement

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* 1950 births Living people Ministers of foreign affairs of Benin Ambassadors of Benin to France People from Plateau Department 21st-century Beninese politicians {{Benin-politician-stub