Barry Moussa Barqué
Togolese politician
Barry Moussa Barqué (born 17 November 1942) is a Togolese politician who served in the government of Togo under President Gnassingbé Eyadéma for most of the period from 1979 to 1999. He was elected President of the Senate on 2 April 2025.
Life and career
Barqué was born on 17 November 1942 in Dapaong. He is a Fulani from northern Togo. He served as Director of the Autonomous Port of Lomé during the 1970s and was appointed to the government as Minister of Mines, Energy, and Water Resources on March 19, 1979. He was Minister of Equipment, Mines, Posts and Telecommunications in the early 1980s. Considered a devoted loyalist of Eyadéma, he served in many positions in the government over the following 20 years, becoming a powerful "baron" of the ruling party, the Rally of the Togolese People (RPT). At the time of the March 1985 parliamentary election, he was President of the National Commission of General Census of Votes and Verification.
Barqué was Special Adviser to the President of the Republic for a time before being appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation on November 29, 1995; he held the latter position until 1996. He subsequently became Minister of State for Finance and Privatization in 1996 until departing from the government in June 1999; he was instead appointed a Special Advisor to the President at that time.
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