Robert Dussey

Robert Dussey (born January 4, 1972) is a Togolese politician and minister. Since September 17, 2013, he is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration of Togo entered the second government Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu, renewed in the Government of Komi Selom Klassou from June 28, 2015 to January 4, 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.

Robert Dussey
Dussey speaking at the Horasis Global Meeting; Portuguese Riviera, 2017.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration of Togo
Assumed office
June 28, 2015
PresidentFaure Gnassingbé
Prime MinisterKomi Sélom Klassou
In office
September 17, 2013 – May 22, 2015
PresidentFaure Gnassingbé
Prime MinisterKwesi Ahoomey-Zunu
Preceded byEliot Ohin

Biography

Born January 4, 1972 in Bangui, Central African Republic, Dussey was a seminarian (Saint Paul Seminary of Bangui); 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
Robert Dussey and Rex Tillerson

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.[1]

In 2018, in the context of the ACP-EU negotiations for Post-Cotonou 2020, Dussey was appointed as chief negotiator of the ACP Group.[2] The ACP-EU Post-Cotonou 2020 negotiations officially started on September 28, 2018 in New York.[3]

Distinctions
  • Ranked in 2015, 2016, and 2019 by the magazine "NewAfrican" on the list of the 100 most influential personalities on the African continent
  • Knight of the Legion of Honor of France in 2012

Bibliography
  • Life without life: novel , Editions Bognini, Abidjan 2000
  • For lasting peace in Africa: advocacy for an African conscience of armed conflict , Editions Bognini, 2002
  • Thinking reconciliation in Togo , Editions Bognini, Abidjan 2003
  • Africa sick of its politicians: Unconsciousness, irresponsibility, ignorance or innocence? , Jean Picollec, 2008
  • A comedy in the tropics, L'Harmattan, 2011
gollark: In this country the government has "computing" lessons which involve just teaching people Scratch, which annoyed me enough that I wrote a blog post criticizing this.
gollark: It would also be nice if people actually knew anything about networking.
gollark: I fear that some sort of computer troubleshooting class may just end up teaching people to blindly try one specific thing they learned instead of... actually problem-solving. Which would admittedly be better than now.
gollark: People just see an error of some sort, and immediately their brain shuts down, even if it specifies what to do about it.
gollark: A useful skill people seem to lack is any ability whatsoever to solve basic problems with computers, but that's hard to teach.

References
  1. "S.E.Prof. Robert Dussey, Ministre des Affaires Etrangères et de la Coopération | Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, de la Coopération et de l'Intégration africaine". diplomatie.gouv.tg (in French). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Togo). Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  2. "TOGO IS APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL GROUP OF ACP NEGOTIATIONS (POST COTONOU 2020)".
  3. "ACP-EU negotiations: Taking the road to prosperity together".
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