Noël Koumba Koussey is a

Beninois Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...

politician and diplomat.

Biogrpahy

An opponent of the Kérékou regime, he participated in the struggles for multi-party democracy in Benin. In 1990 he was a member of the

politburo A politburo () or political bureau is the executive committee for communist parties. It is present in most former and existing communist states. Names The term "politburo" in English comes from the Russian ''Politbyuro'' (), itself a contraction ...

of the Communist Party of Dahomey (from 1993, the Communist Party of Benin CPB). In the 1995 general election, he was elected as a representative of the CPB and served as a Deputy in the

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from April 1995 to April 1999. He served as ambassador to Niger, with additional jurisdiction for Mali and Burkina Faso, until August 2020.

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