Togo: Victoire Sidémèho Tomegah-Dogbe, 1st woman Prime Minister since independence

Victoire Sidémèho Tomegah on the official website of the Togolese presidency (screenshot).

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Seven months after the presidential election of February 22, Faure Gnassingbé, elected for a fourth five-year term, appointed a woman, Victoire Sidémèho Tomegah-Dogbe, Prime Minister.

A first since independence.

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Born in December 1959, Victoire Sidémèho Tomegah, wife of Dogbe, is from Badougbé on the shores of Lake Togo in the prefecture of Vo, the phosphate mining area.

She began her professional career in the private sector after a master's degree in economics and management, option in business management at the University of Benin, current University of Lomé;

before joining the United Nations development program in 1998.

She entered the government for the first time in September 2008, when she was not known politically, as Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister in charge of grassroots development.

Field woman

She quickly rose to prominence: in May 2009, Victoire Sidémèho Tomegah was appointed Chief of Staff to the President of the Republic, a post she had combined with that of Minister of Grassroots Development, Crafts, Employment of young people and Youth until his appointment at the head of the Prime Minister's office.

Since Monday, September 28, Victoire Sidémèho Tomégah is the first woman in the history of Togo to hold this position;

Its main mission, in this period of Covid-19, will be to readjust the national development plan, the main project

Victoire Sidémèho Tomégah is the mother of three grown-up daughters.

A woman in the field, she enjoys reading, singing, dancing, and playing the guitar and her spare time.

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