Eugene Koffi Adoboli served as Prime Minister

Heads of government of Togo

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 of 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...

 from 21 May 1998 to 31 August 2000. He was previously an international civil servant at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

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 (UNCTAD) in Geneva

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 and the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit for over 40 years. At the time of his appointment by 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...

 following the March 1999 parliamentary election

Togolese parliamentary election, 1999

Parliamentary elections were held in Togo on 21 March 1999. They were boycotted by the eight opposition parties, who been rebuffed in their insistence that talks following the controversial presidential election the previous year must be completed prior to the parliamentary election...

, Adoboli was virtually unknown in Togolese politics.

On 27 August, Adoboli resigned and Eyadéma accepted his resignation; Eyadéma appointed Agbéyomé Kodjo

Agbeyome Kodjo

Messan Agbéyomé Gabriel Kodjo is a Togolese politician who served as Prime Minister of Togo from 29 August 2000 to 27 June 2002.-Political career:...

to replace Adoboli on 29 August.