Georges Agba Otikpo Mézodé | |
Office: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
President: | Ange-Félix Patassé |
Primeminister: | Martin Ziguélé |
Term Start: | 5 April 2001 |
Term End: | 16 January 2003 |
Predecessor: | Marcel Metefara |
Successor: | Martial Beti Marace |
Office1: | Minister for the Promotion of Civic Culture in charge of relations with parliament |
President1: | Ange-Félix Patassé |
Primeminister1: | Anicet-Georges Dologuélé |
Term Start1: | 1 November 1999 |
Term End1: | 5 April 2001 |
Predecessor1: | Juliette Nzekou Dongoya (as Minister responsible for Relations with Parliament) |
Successor1: | Michel Doko (as Minister responsible for Relations with Parliament) |
Office2: | Minister of National Education and Scientific Research |
President2: | Ange-Félix Patassé |
Primeminister2: | Anicet-Georges Dologuélé |
Term Start2: | 15 January 1999 |
Term End2: | 1 November 1999 |
Predecessor2: | Albert Mberio |
Successor2: | Éloi Anguimate |
Georges Agba Otikpo Mézodé is a politician, diplomat, and writer from the Central African Republic. Otikpo Mézodé was named foreign minister of his country on 5 April 2001 in Martin Ziguélé government alongside finance minister Eric Sorongopé and Interior Minister Théodore Bikoo. He left office in 2003.[1]
During Kolingba presidency, he was the cultural adviser at Central African Republic embassy in Paris. In 1993, he was elected as a member of National Assembly representing Grimari. In January 1999, Dologuélé appointed Mézodé minister of national education and scientific research. He then served as a minister of the promotion of civic culture in charge of relations with the parliament from 1999 to 2001 and later as a minister of foreign affairs. On 16 January 2003, Mézodé became the diplomatic adviser to Patassé. However, the 2003 coup forced him to move to France.[2]