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Republic of the Congo

Author · Republic of the Congo

Henri Lopes

Died in 2023

Henri Lopes was born in 1937 in Léopoldville, in the Belgian Congo, attended school in Brazzaville and Bangui, then left in 1949 for France, where he completed history studies in 1963. Back in the Congo, he taught history, then was Minister of National Education in 1969, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister from 1973 to 1975 and Minister of Finance. He then made a career at UNESCO, as Assistant Director-General for Culture, and from 1998 was ambassador to France. In 1993 the Académie française awarded him the grand prix de la francophonie. He died in Suresnes in 2023.

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