Stanislas Spero Adotevi (born 4 February 1934) is a

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ese politician, civil servant and

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official. He served in Benin's government as Minister of Information in 1963 and as Minister of Culture between 1965 and 1968. He was later Director of the Institute of Applied Research and Director of the National Archives and Museums. In 1981 he was appointed as

Representative in the

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Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

) and in 1987 he became the UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa, directing UNICEF's work in 23 African countries. In 1995 he was appointed Special Advisor to UNICEF Executive Director

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.Mathurin C. Houngnikpo and Samuel Decalo, "Adotevi, Stanislas Spero," in ''Historical Dictionary of Benin'', The Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Toronto, Plymouth, 2013 (4th ed.), p. 30 ()

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