Esperanza Kokou/Edem Tengue | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Profession | Chartered accountants , économist |
| Edem Tengue | |
Edem Tengue in 2022. | |
| Fonctions | |
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| Togolese Minister of Maritime Economy,Fishery and coastal protection | |
| in office since the (2 ans, 6 mois et 1 jour) | |
| President | Faure Gnassingbé |
| Prime minister | Victoire Tomegah Dogbé |
| Government | Dogbé |
| Biographie | |
| Name at birth | Kokou Edem Tengue |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Lomé |
| Nationality | Togolese |
| Alma mater | Paris Institute of political studies University of Leicester University of Birmingham Imperial College London |
| Profession | Chartered accountant , [./Https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/economist économiste] |
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Kokou Edem Tengue, born September 24, 1980 in Lomé, is a Togolese politician, business leader, economist and chartered accountant.
Since October 1, 2020, he has been Minister of Maritime Economy, Fisheries and Coastal Protection in the Victoire Tomegah Dogbé government;
Biography
editEarly life and studies
editA graduate of Sciences Po Paris[1], the University of Leicester and the University of Birmingham, he joined the Maersk group's training program in Copenhagen from 2003 until 2005[2]. He also obtained an MBA from Imperial College London[1].
From 2005 to 2007, he was assigned as assistant to the financial director of the group's regional office, which covers all of Scandinavia and the Baltic States[1]. He was then based in Gothenburg, Sweden [2].
He returned to Togo as financial director of the three group companies Maersk Togo S.A., Damco Togo S.A. and Lomé Terminal service that the Maersk group had created with the aim of bidding for the privatization of handling activities at the port of Lomé. He was appointed commercial director then general manager of the Togolese subsidiary of the Danish conglomerateMaersk[3].
He was elected president of the association of shipping companies in Togo[4].
Political career
editHe was elected in the electoral district of Haho to the Togolese National Assembly under the colors of the UNIR party during the legislative elections of 2018. However, he gave up his seat after three months[1].
On October 1, 2020, he was appointed Minister of the Maritime Economy.[5] · [6].
Professional association
editEdem Tengue is a member of the Chartered Management Accountants Association of the United Kingdom[7](CIMA ; membre associé), the Chartered Accountants Association of Australia e[8] (CPA Australia)[9]and the Institute of leadership and management of the United Kingdom.[citation needed].
Positions
editAs an economist, Edem Tengue has worked on sovereign debt issues in African countries [ref. necessary], work culminating in a dissertation at the University of Birmingham[10] and a doctoral thesis defended at the University of Lomé on the theme of the determinants and sustainability of public debt. He asserts in particular that cancellation programs are not very effective if they do not attack the determinants of indebtedness such as demographics, imports and exports. He argues that it is by reducing demography and imports and increasing exports in value that we can permanently reverse the trend of debt accumulation in African countries.[ref. necessary] He also argues that the southern states which have a coastline should, through the development and sustainable development of this facade (port activities, tourist activities) create a showcase of prosperity which should reflect this prosperity on their back country[10].
On the political level in his memoirs at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris, he asserts that the link between democracy and development cannot be clearly established, contrary to the promises of the La Baule Speech. He argues that it is better to build democratic fundamentals through the construction of the rule of law and economic freedoms[11]
The current Togolese Minister for the Maritime Economy and Coastal Protection considers that the players in the maritime world are on the front line to save biodiversity[12]. IHe pleads for a blue economy which would be an accelerator of sustainable growth. Its ministerial department has emphasized aquaculture and imposes a sub-regional biological rest period[13].
Distinction
edit- 2017 : Among the 20 Young Leaders of the French-African Foundation[14]
- 2018 : Choiseuil ranking of economic leaders of tomorrow[14]
- 2022 : Among the thirty most influential young economists in sub-Saharan Africa from the ICCE (Institute of Certified Chartered Economists[15]
- Officer of the order of Mono (2018)[16]
Notes and references
edit- ^ a b c d Edem Kokou Tengue: From Maersk to Minister of Maritime Economy, Fisheries and Coastal Protection - Togo First Cite error: The named reference "oeil2" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b Edem Kokou Tengue: From Maersk to Minister of Maritime Economy, Fisheries and Coastal Protection - Togo First Cite error: The named reference ":12" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Edem Kokou Tengue, le patron de Maersk Togo, entre au gouvernement". togofirst.com. 2 octobre 2020. Retrieved 19 février 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help). - ^ "Togo : Edem Kokou Tengue porté à la tête de la NAVITOGO". l-frii.com. 2019-12-14. Retrieved 2020-07-01..
- ^ "Kokou Edem Tengue, Ministre de l'Economie Maritime, de la Pêche et de la Protection Côtière". Ministère de l’Economie Maritime, de la Pêche et de la Protection Côtière.
- ^ "Edem Kokou Tengue: From Maersk to Minister of Maritime Economy, Fisheries and Coastal Protection". Retrieved 2020-12-13..
- ^ "CIMA".
- ^ "CPA Australie".
- ^ "Young Leaders AfricaFrance : ce qu'ils veulent et rêvent pour l'Afrique". Le Point. 19 juillet 2017. Retrieved 20 février 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help). - ^ a b "Public debt of Togo: an attempt to identify the explanatory factors". memoireonline.com..
- ^ "Togo / Thèse de Doctorat : les leviers du Dr Edem Kokou TENGUE pour alléger le poids de la dette publique". yp.l-frii.com. 7 janvier 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help). - ^ "Voeux Edem Tengue 2023".
- ^ "Portrait Edem Tengue dans Oeil d'Afrique".
- ^ a b "Togo : Edem Kokou Tengue porté à la tête de la NAVITOGO". l-frii.com. 2019-12-14. Retrieved 2020-07-01..
- ^ Didier Assogba (2022-12-14). "Edem Tengue parmi les 30 économistes influents de l'Afrique subsaharienne". Retrieved 2023-01-30..
- ^ "Décret N° 2018-092/ PR du 26/04/18 Portant nominations dans l'Ordre du Mono" (pdf). Journal officiel de la République togolaise. 6 juin 2018.
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