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Agba Otikpo Mézodé

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Georges Agba Otikpo Mézodé
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
5 April 2001 – 16 January 2003
PresidentAnge-Félix Patassé
Prime MinisterMartin Ziguélé
Preceded byMarcel Metefara
Succeeded byMartial Beti Marace
Minister for the Promotion of Civic Culture in charge of relations with parliament
In office
1 November 1999 – 5 April 2001
PresidentAnge-Félix Patassé
Prime MinisterAnicet-Georges Dologuélé
Preceded byJuliette Nzekou Dongoya (as Minister responsible for Relations with Parliament)
Succeeded byMichel Doko (as Minister responsible for Relations with Parliament)
Minister of National Education and Scientific Research
In office
15 January 1999 – 1 November 1999
PresidentAnge-Félix Patassé
Prime MinisterAnicet-Georges Dologuélé
Preceded byAlbert Mberio
Succeeded byÉloi Anguimate

Georges Agba Otikpo Mézodé is a politician, diplomat, and writer from the Central African Republic. Otikpo Mézodé was named foreign minister of his country on 5 April 2001 in Martin Ziguélé government alongside finance minister Eric Sorongopé and Interior Minister Théodore Bikoo. He left office in 2003.[1]

Career

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During Kolingba presidency, he was the cultural adviser at Central African Republic embassy in Paris. In 1993, he was elected as a member of National Assembly representing Grimari. In January 1999, Dologuélé appointed Mézodé minister of national education and scientific research. He then served as a minister of the promotion of civic culture in charge of relations with the parliament from 1999 to 2001 and later as a minister of foreign affairs. On 16 January 2003, Mézodé became the diplomatic adviser to Patassé. However, the 2003 coup forced him to move to France.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Rulers.org - April 2001
  2. ^ Bradshaw, Richard; Fandos-Rius, Juan (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 62. ISBN 9780810879928.
Preceded by Foreign Minister of the Central African Republic
2001-2003
Succeeded by