Edouard Kodjovi Kodjo, better known as Edem Kodjo, (born May 23, 1938) is a Togolese politician and diplomat. May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Kodjo was born in Sokode, Tchouadjo prefecture, Togo. He served as the finance Minister from 1973 to 1976 and foreign Minister from 1976 to 1978, of Togo in the government of President Gnassingbe Eyadema. He later served as the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity from 1978 to 1983. The finance minister is a cabinet position in a government. ... A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister that helps to form foreign policy for sovereign nations. ... General Gnassingbé Eyadéma, formerly Étienne Eyadema (December 26, 1937–February 5, 2005), was the President of Togo from 1967 until his death. ... Flag of the Organisation of African Unity, later also used by the African Union. ...

In 1985 he published Africa Tomorrow in France, which was later translated into English by E.B. Khan and published in the United States in 1987.

In the early 1990s, Kodjo broke with Eyadema and established a new political party, the Togolese Union for Democracy. Along with other opposition leaders, Kodjo pressured Eyadema to hold free and fair elections in 1994. In these elections, other opposition parties took control of the Togolese parliament, but Eyadema invited Kodjo to form a government. This caused a rift between Kodjo and other opposition leaders which still has not healed. Kodjo served as prime minister of Togo from April 23, 1994 until August 20, 1996. He resigned as Eyadema and his party began to take more control of the government. April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Following the disputed Togolese presidential election of 2005, which occurred shortly after Eyadema's death, Eyadema's son and successor Faure Gnassingbe has invited Kodjo to once again form a coalition government which excludes the rest of the opposition. He was named prime minister of Togo on June 8, 2005, succeeding Koffi Sama. Flag of Togo, a West African country. ... Faure Gnassingbé Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé (born June 6, 1966), also known as Faure Eyadéma, was President of Togo for twenty days from February 5 to February 25, 2005. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Koffi Sama (born 1944) is the current Prime Minister of Togo. ...