Togo
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the le ...
Sokodé
Sokodé is the List of cities in Togo, second largest city in Togo, with a population of about 189,000. It is a commercial center for the surrounding agricultural areas, and seat of the Tchaoudjo, Tchaoudjo Prefecture and Centrale Region, Togo, Ce ...
, Tchaoudjo Prefecture. He was appointed to the government as Minister of Trade, Industry, and Transport on March 5, 1975, and he was appointed as Deputy Director-General of the National Iron and Steel Company (''Société Nationale de Sidérurgie'', SNS) in
Lomé
Lomé ( , ) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities in Togo, largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437
in 1977. He was also appointed as Secretary-General of the
Togolese National Olympic Committee
Togolese National Olympic Committee () (IOC code: TOG) is the National Olympic Committee representing Togo.
External links IOC website
National Olympic Committees, Togo
Togo at the Olympics,
1963 establishments in Togo
Sports governing ...
on March 17, 1977.
He was retained in the government as Minister of Trade and Transport on January 17, 1978 before being moved to the position of Minister of Information"Aug 1979 - Cabinet Reorganization - Arrest of Alleged Plotters", ''Keesing's Record of World Events'', Volume 25, August, 1979 Togo, Page 29780.''Journal Officiel de la Republique Togolaise'' , December 16, 1978, page 589 . on November 14, 1978. He was dismissed from the government on March 19, 1979, and was appointed as Director-General of SNS on the same day, remaining in that post until 1982.
Ayéva subsequently became the President of the PDR, which was founded in May 1991, and from 1991 to 1993 he was a member of the High Council of the Republic (HCR), which acted as the transitional parliament; on the HCR, he served as President of the Commission on Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Security. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the June 1998 presidential election,"Togo: Interior minister declares Eyadema to have been re-elected", Radio Togo (nl.newsbank.com), June 24, 1998."CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 40 OF THE COVENANT: Addendum TOGO" , United Nations International covenant on civil and political rights, CCPR/C/TGO/2001/3, July 5, 2001. taking fourth place with 3.02% of the vote. On June 18, three days before the election, he and fellow opposition candidate
Yawovi Agboyibo
Yawovi Madji Agboyibo (31 December 1943, Republicoftogo.com, 11 January 2007 .30 May 2020) was a Togolese attorney and politician. He served as Heads of Government of Togo, Prime Minister of Togo from September 2006 to December 2007 and was Nati ...
called for the election to be delayed due to irregularities during electoral preparations and difficulties they faced in campaigning, including their treatment by the High Audiovisual and Communication Authority. A residence belonging to Ayéva was ransacked by security forces on August 17, 1998.
In the government named on June 20, 2005, which included members of the opposition, Ayéva was appointed as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and African Integration.
At the PDR's Third Statutory Congress, held on February 24, 2007, was re-elected as the party's president. In the October 2007 parliamentary election, he was the first candidate on the PDR's candidate list for Tchaoudjo Prefecture, but the PDR did not win any seats in the election.Text of Constitutional Court decision (final election results) , October 30, 2007 .
Following the election, Ayéva was replaced as
Foreign Minister
In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...