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Henri Lopès (born 12 September 1937〔''International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004'', Europa Publications, p. 339.〕〔("Henri Lopes, écrivain diplomate" ), presse-francophone.org .〕) is a Congolese writer, diplomat, and political figure. He was Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville from 1973 to 1975, and since 1998 he has been the Congo-Brazzaville's Ambassador to France.〔 ==Political and diplomatic career== Lopès was born across the Congo River in Leopoldville (now Kinshasa), the capital of the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).〔〔 He received his primary education in Brazzaville and Bangui, then went to France in 1949 for his secondary and higher education. While there, he was a member of the Executive Committee of the Federation of Black African Students and was President of the Association of Congolese Students from 1957 to 1965. Returning to Congo in 1965, he was a history professor at the ''Ecole normale supérieure d'Afrique Centrale'' in Brazzaville from 1965 to 1966, then Director-General of Education from 1966 to 1968.〔 Under President Marien Ngouabi, Lopès was Minister of National Education from January 1969〔Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga, ''Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique'' (1997), Karthala Editions, p. 150 .〕 until becoming Minister of Foreign Affairs in December 1971.〔Bazenguissa-Ganga, ''Les voies du politique au Congo'', p. 194 .〕 He was included on the five-member Political Bureau of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT) in December 1972.〔"Mar 1973 - New Draft Constitution. - Government Reorganization. - Suppression of Alleged Plot.", ''Keesing's Record of World Events'', volume 19, March 1973, Congo, p. 25,776.〕 Subsequently he was Prime Minister from 1973 to 1975.〔''Congo Brazzaville: Les hommes de pouvoir'', number 1, Africa Intelligence, 29 October 2002 .〕 He visited China in early 1975, but could not meet with Chairman Mao Zedong because Mao was ill.〔("Mao's failure to receive visitors is laid to a cold" ), Reuters, 15 March 1975.〕 Lopès and his government resigned following a meeting of the PCT Central Committee in December 1975, and Louis Sylvain Goma was appointed to replace him.〔"Jan 1976 - New Government - Former Prime Minister's Visits to China and France - President's Visit to Soviet Union - internal Developments", ''Keesing's Record of World Events'', volume 22, January 1976, Congo, p. 27,556.〕 After working as political director of ''Etumba'' from 1975 to 1977,〔 Lopès was reappointed to the government as Minister of Finance on 5 April 1977;〔Bazenguissa-Ganga, ''Les voies du politique au Congo'', p. 241 .〕 he served in that position until Justin Lekoundzou was appointed to replace him in December 1980.〔Bazenguissa-Ganga, ''Les voies du politique au Congo'', p. 274 .〕 Subsequently he worked at UNESCO as Assistant Director-General for Culture and Deputy Director-General for Africa from 1981 to 1998.〔 On 26 October 1998, Lopès presented his credentials as Congo-Brazzaville's Ambassador to France;〔("Remise de lettres de créance" ), ''Official Journal of the French Republic'', Number 251, 29 October 1998 .〕 while posted in Paris, he was additionally accredited as Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, and the Vatican City.〔 In 2002, Lopès was a candidate for the post of Secretary-General of the international organization La Francophonie, but he withdrew his candidacy under pressure on the night before the vote, which was held on 20 October 2002 and resulted in the unanimous election of Senegal's Abdou Diouf.〔("Abdou Diouf, premier francophone" ), Afrik.com, 20 October 2002 .〕 In mid-2015, it was reported that Lopès planned to retire from his post as Ambassador to France.〔("Congo-Brazzaville : Henri Lopes quitte son poste d’ambassadeur en France" ), ''Jeune Afrique'', 10 August 2015 .〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henri Lopès」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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