Gahoun Georges Hégbor

Gahoun Kossi Georges Hégbor (born August 18 1940 [http://www.cenitogo.tg/listecandidats/LOMECOMMUNE.pdf List of candidates in Lomé for the 2007 election] , CENI website fr icon.] ) is a Togolese politician of the Action Committee for Renewal (CAR) political party. [http://www.etiame.com/etiame296.htm Profiles of Togolese government ministers] , etiame.com fr icon.]

Hégbor was born in Baguida. He worked as a journalist for "Togo-Presse" from 1963 to 1972 and was a diplomat at the Togolese embassy in Paris from 1972 to 1976. He earned a law degree (DESS) at the University of Paris II in 1975 and was admitted to the bar in 1978.

He was a founding member of the Action Committee for Renewal (CAR) and is the party's First Vice-President. [http://www.afrik.com/article10422.html "Formation du nouveau gouvernement au Togo"] , Panapress (Afrik.com), September 20, 2006 fr icon.] At the 2006 Inter-Togolese Dialogue, Hégbor signed the Global Political Accord on the electoral process on behalf of the CAR on August 20 2006. [ [http://www.cenitogo.tg/spip.php?article14 Text of Global Policy Agreement] , cenitogo.tg fr icon.] He was appointed as Minister of Communication and Civic Education in the national unity government of Prime Minister Yawovi Agboyibo (who is also the President of CAR), which was named on September 20 2006.

In the October 2007 parliamentary election, Hégbor was the first candidate on the CAR's candidate list for Lomé, but did not win a seat in the election. [http://www.cenitogo.tg/resultats/Resultats_definitifs_des_elections_legislatives_du_14_octobre_2007_%20proclames_par_la_Cour_Constitutionnelle.do.pdf Text of Constitutional Court decision (final election results)] , October 30, 2007 fr icon.]

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