Yaovi Prosper Adodo is a former Togo

Togo

Togo, officially the Togolese Republic , is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. Togo covers an area of approximately with a population of approximately...

lese diplomat and politician. Adodo was the Minister of Foreign Affairs

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 from 1987 to 1991 under President Gnassingbé Eyadéma

Gnassingbé Eyadéma

General Gnassingbé Eyadéma , was the President of Togo from 1967 until his death in 2005. He participated in two successful military coups, in January 1963 and January 1967, and became President on April 14, 1967...

. He was previously Minister of Planning and Industry, in which capacity he signed the Third ACP

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-EEC

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 Convention in Lomé

Lomé

Lomé, with an estimated population of 737,751, is the capital and largest city of Togo. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, Lomé is the country's administrative and industrial center and its chief port. The city exports coffee, cocoa, copra, and palm kernels...

 on December 8, 1984.

Adodo was appointed as one of six members of the Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) on January 30, 1995.