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. He entered the second government Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu, remained 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.

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
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.

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

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
 * TGO Order of Mono - Grand Cross BAR.png Officer of the Order of Mono of the Togolese Republic in 2018
 * International Human Rights Prize 2021-2022 in Islamabad, Pakistan in 2022
 * Mali Ordre national du Mali Commandeur ribbon.svgnder of the National Order of Mali on a foreign basis in 2023