Kokou Biossey Tozoun is a 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 political figure, currently serving as Minister of Justice.

After serving as Minister of the Civil Service, Work and Employment, Tozoun was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

Foreign minister

A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...

 in the government named on July 29, 2003. He was Foreign Minister for two years before being appointed as Minister of Communication and Civic Education in the government named on June 20, 2005. At the 2006 Inter-Togolese Dialogue, Tozoun signed the Global Political Accord on the electoral process on behalf of the government on August 20, 2006. He was dismissed from the government in September 2006, when a national unity government was formed.

Tozoun served as Rapporteur of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) at the time of the October 2007 parliamentary election

Togolese parliamentary election, 2007

A parliamentary election was held in Togo on October 14, 2007 for the 81 seats in the National Assembly. There were over 2,000 candidates, with 32 parties and 41 lists of independent candidates competing. The ruling Rally of the Togolese People was victorious, winning a majority of 50 seats...

. Following the election, he was appointed Minister of Justice in the government of Prime Minister Komlan Mally

Komlan Mally

Komlan Mally is a Togolese politician who served as Prime Minister of Togo from December 2007 to September 2008. He was Minister of State for Health from September 2008 to June 2011.-Early life and political career:...

, named on December 13, 2007.

He is a member of the Central Committee of the Rally of the Togolese People

Rally of the Togolese People

The Rally of the Togolese People is the ruling political party in Togo. The President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbé, is also the National President of the RPT....

 (RPT) from Moyen-Mono Prefecture

Moyen-Mono

Moyen-Mono is a prefecture located in the Plateaux Region of Togo. The prefecture seat is located in Tohoun....

 as of the party's Ninth Ordinary Congress in December 2006.

When the National Assembly

National Assembly of Togo

The unicameral National Assembly of Togo is the country's legislative body. It has a total of 81 members who are elected in a party list proportional representation system...

 unanimously voted to abolish the death penalty in June 2009, Tozoun described it as "the best decision that we took in this year".