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Solitoki Magnim Esso is a Togolese politician who has served in the government of Togo as Minister of State for Presidential Affairs since September 2013. He served in the government as Minister of Communication and Culture during the 1990s; later, he was Minister of State for the Civil Service and Administrative Reform from May 2010 to August 2012 and Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education from August 2012 to September 2013. He was elected as Secretary-General of the Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) in December 2006. ==Political career== On September 11, 1979, Esso was appointed as Director of Television by President Gnassingbé Eyadéma.〔(''Journal Officiel de la Republique Togolaise'' ), December 1, 1979, page 633 .〕 He was elected to the National Assembly in the March 1985 parliamentary election, winning the seat for Binah Nord constituency in Binah Prefecture with 62.24% of the vote.〔(''Journal Officiel de la Republique Togolaise'' ), April 2, 1985, page 9 .〕 Esso was appointed to the government as Minister of Communication and Culture on November 29, 1995.〔(''Journal Officiel de la Republique Togolaise'' ), November 30, 1995, page 2 .〕 Later, he was appointed as Vice-President of the National Commission for the Fight Against Corruption and Economic Sabotage on September 14, 2001.〔(''Journal Officiel de la Republique Togolaise'' ), September 14, 2001, pages 2–3 .〕 On August 27, 2002, the National Assembly voted to replace Dahuku Péré, who had called for reform in the RPT, with Esso in the ECOWAS Parliament.〔("Le député Dahuku Péré remplacé au Parlement de la CEDEAO" ), Panapress (diastode.org), August 27, 2002 .〕 However, the ECOWAS Parliament objected to the National Assembly's move, saying that there was no valid basis for unilaterally replacing Péré with Esso.〔("Le Parlement CEDEAO contre le remplacement d'un député togolais" ), Panapress (diastode.org), September 4, 2002 .〕 Esso was elected to the National Assembly in the October 2002 parliamentary election from the First Constituency of Binah Prefecture.〔(List of deputies by region ) (lists deputies from the 2002-2007 parliamentary term) .〕 In the National Assembly, he served as President of the Commission of Constitutional Laws and General Administration Legislation.〔(List of commissions in the National Assembly ) .〕 When the Pan-African Parliament began meeting in March 2004, Esso became one of Togo's five members.〔(List of members of the Pan-African Parliament ) (as of March 15, 2004).〕 Esso was one of three parliamentary deputies who accompanied Bonfoh Abbas, the President of the National Assembly, during his visit to the Second World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments in September 2005.〔"Togolese Speaker in New York for world parliamentary meeting", republicoftogo.com (nl.newsbank.com), September 6, 2005.〕 On November 2, 2005, Esso was elected by the National Assembly as one of Togo's five members of the ECOWAS Parliament, receiving 62 votes from the 68 deputies present.〔("Les représentants au Parlement de la CEDEAO et au Conseil Supérieur de la Magistrature élus." ), radiolome.tg .〕 Esso subsequently became one of the 16 members of the National Commission of the Modernization of Legislation, which was installed on June 23, 2006.〔("JUSTICE TOGOLAISE SE MODERNISE A GRAND PAS" ), radiolome.tg .〕 At the RPT's Ninth Ordinary Congress, Esso was elected as Secretary-General of the RPT〔"Togo: Ruling party ends congress, elects new secretary-general", Radio Togo, Lome (nl.newsbank.com), December 19, 2006.〕〔("Qui est SOLITOKI M. Esso ?" ), RPT website .〕 for a three-year term〔 on December 18, 2006.〔〔 He was proposed for that position by President Faure Gnassingbé. At the time of Esso's election, he was Technical Advisor to the Presidency.〔〔("La politique ne consiste pas à crier" ), togolumiere.com .〕 Esso is a member of the RPT Political Bureau〔(List of members of the RPT Political Bureau ), RPT website .〕 and a member of the RPT Central Committee from Binah Prefecture as of the Ninth Ordinary Congress.〔(List of members of the RPT Central Committee ), RPT website .〕 In the 31-member government appointed by President Gnassingbé on 28 May 2010, Esso was brought back into the government as Minister of State for the Civil Service and Administrative Reform; he became the second ranking member of the government, after Prime Minister Gilbert Houngbo.〔("31 ministres dans la nouvelle équipe" ), Republicoftogo.com, 28 May 2010 .〕 After two years in that post, Esso was instead appointed as Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education in August 2012. He was moved to the post of Minister of State for Presidential Affairs on 17 September 2013.〔("Togo: un nouveau gouvernement boycotté par l'opposition" ), AFP, 18 September 2013 .〕〔("Un nouveau gouvernement au Togo" ), République Togolaise website, 17 September 2013 .〕 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「Solitoki Esso」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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