Saliou Akadiri

Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration, Francophonie and Beninese Diaspora. Previously, he served as Mayor of the Municipality of Pobè (2008-2015). He was Foreign Affairs Inspector (2006-2008), Director of Europe Department (1996-1998) and Director of Legal affairs, Analysis and Forecasting (DAJAP) (1986). From 1998 to 2006, he was Chief of Staff of the General Administrator at the International Francophone Organization (OIF). He graduated from the Faculty of Law, Economics and Politics (FASJEP), Cotonou, University of Dahomey, the Centre of Administrative Training and Refresher’s Course for Public Administration Executives (CEFAP), the International Institute of Public Administration (IIAP) Paris and the Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne University.