According to Kodjo, that decision was based simply on the fact that a majority of OAU member states had recognized the SADR, but it led to a serious crisis within the OAU, with a number of member states boycotting OAU meetings.

President Gnassingbé Eyadéma appointed Sama as Prime Minister on 27 June 2002, replacing Agbeyome Kodjo ; this move was said to be done as part of preparations for the parliamentary election that was held later in the year.

Kodjo announced on May 4, 1998 that he would not be a candidate in the June 1998 presidential election, stressing the need for opposition unity.

Kodjo served in Eyadéma's government as Minister of Finance from 1973 to 1976 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1976 to 1978 .. He was elected as the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity ( OAU ) at its summit in Khartoum on July 18 – 22, 1978.

After leaving his post as OAU Secretary-General in 1983, Kodjo lived in France, where he taught at the Sorbonne, wrote for Jeune Afrique, and founded a magazine, Afrique 2000.

Sama left office on 9 June 2005, when he was succeeded by Edem Kodjo.

Along with fellow opposition leaders Yawovi Agboyibo and Djobo Boukari, Kodjo announced on August 22 that he was withdrawing his candidacy and boycotting the election due to the number of registered voters being considered too high — a possible sign of preparations to rig the election.

However, after the election in three constituencies was cancelled, the two parties lost their narrow majority, and Eyadéma invited Kodjo to form a government, announcing his appointment as Prime Minister on April 22, 1994 ; he took office on April 25.

After working as an official at the Ministry of Planning from 1977 to 1995, he was appointed to the government of Prime Minister Edem Kodjo as Minister of Planning and Territorial Development on November 29, 1995.

Prior to the August 1993 presidential election, Olympio rejected the choice of Edem Kodjo as the sole candidate of the Collective of Democratic Opposition ( COD II ), and on 23 July 1993, was designated as the UFC's presidential candidate.

Along with other opposition leaders, Kodjo pressured Eyadéma to hold a free and fair parliamentary election in 1994.

In June, President Gnassingbé named opposition leader Edem Kodjo as the prime Minister.

In August 1996, Prime Minister Edem Kodjo resigned, and the planning minister, Kwassi Klutse, was appointed prime minister.

Later in June, President Gnassingbe named opposition leader Edem Kodjo as the prime Minister.

He was named Foreign Minister in 1994 in the coalition government of Prime Minister Edem Kodjo.

Édouard Kodjovi Kodjo, better known as Edem Kodjo ( born May 23, 1938 ), is a Togolese politician and diplomat.

Kodjo was born in Sokodé, Tchaoudjo Prefecture, Togo.

Kodjo participated in the creation of the Rally of the Togolese People ( RPT ) ruling party in late 1969 and became the new party's Secretary-General.

In this election, the Action Committee for Renewal ( CAR ) and the UTD together won an initial majority in the National Assembly, the CAR with 36 seats and the UTD with seven ; Kodjo himself won a seat from Lomé.

His Press Secretary was Kodjo Epou, a well known journalist of the national television station ( TVT ) in Togo. The CAR regarded Kodjo's appointment as a violation of the parties ' agreement and refused to participate in his government.

Although headed by Kodjo, the composition of the government was strongly dominated by the RPT.

Kodjo served as Prime Minister of Togo until August 20, 1996.

Kodjo subsequently became the leader of a new party, the Patriotic Pan-African Convergence ( CPP ), which was created in August 1999 through the merger of four parties, including the UTD.

Caricom, which had been backing the peace deal, accused the United States, France, and the International community of failing in Haiti because they allegedly allowed a controversially elected leader to be violently forced out of office.

In May 2002, an FA commission controversially allowed the owners of the club to relocate 70 miles north to the town of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, despite vehement fan protests.

Most controversially, King Narai allowed the rise of Constantine Phaulkon, a Greek adventurer who arrived in Ayutthaya in 1675.

The German Federal Constitutional Court controversially allowed this manoeuvre but warned that it might block a future dissolution of the Bundestag that went against the spirit of the German constitution.

Although broadcast translators are prohibited from originating their own programming, the FCC has controversially allowed translator stations to rebroadcast in standard analog FM the audio of a HD Radio channel of the primary station the translator is assigned to ( see, for instance, W237CS, which is licensed as a translator to WXMT but originates its own schedule ).

Ranatunga was known for controversially calling a runner during long innings due to his level of fitness, which allowed him to get a lot more runs for his shots, as he was a very slow runner ; apart from boundaries, he usually walked singles or jogged slowly for two or three runs even if the ball almost went to the boundary.

Medical staff in the Royal Spanish Football Federation alleged that Chelsea had prior knowledge of del Horno's injury, but allowed him to continue playing ; subsequently, his vacant position was controversially filled in by naturalised Argentinian Mariano Pernía, of Getafe CF.

However in 1998 he was controversially allowed to leave by club owner Michael Knighton before the end-season transfer deadline.

He marked the start of his career with impressive try scoring feats ( 2 on debut and another in his second test ) but was controversially dropped from the England side after his 3rd test in favour of Tony Underwood following the 10-9 loss to Wales, despite the fact that he played well and it was long standing incumbent Rory Underwood whose defensive error allowed the Welsh winger Ieuan Evans to score the decisive try.

More controversially, Disraeli also proposed to alter the workings of the income tax ( direct taxation ) by " differentiating "– i. e., different rates would be levied on different types of income.

Marx's view of history, which came to be called historical materialism ( controversially adapted as the philosophy of dialectical materialism by Engels and Lenin ) certainly shows the influence of Hegel's claim that one should view reality ( and history ) dialectically.

More controversially, medical nanorobots might be used to augment natural human capabilities.

He went on to apply the same techniques of analysis to syntax and morphology, and controversially proposed that they be extended to semantics ( the study of meaning in language ).

More controversially, some believe that the truthfulness or emotional state of speakers can be determined using Voice Stress Analysis or Layered Voice Analysis.

* Bubble fusion is controversially claimed to be an acoustic form of inertial confinement fusion

Dysbindin, which has been ( controversially ) linked to schizophrenia, may regulate dopamine release, and low expression of dysbindin in the substantia nigra may be important in schizophrenia etiology.

Following the resignation of Michael Reiss, the director of education at the Royal Society — who had controversially argued that school pupils who believed in creationism should be used by science teachers to start discussions, rather than be rejected per se — Polkinghorne argued in The Times that there is a distinction between believing in the mind and purpose of a divine creator, and what he calls creationism " in that curious North American sense ," with a literal interpretation of Genesis 1 and the belief that evolution is wrong, a position he rejects.

BAA's earlier plan had controversially proposed more trains over the level crossings, leading to concerns that they would be closed to motorists and pedestrians for too long.

While Lamarckism has been discredited as an evolutionary influence for larger lifeforms < sup > revision in light of recent findings i. e. Tim Spector, Identically Different </ sup >, some scientists controversially argue that it can be observed among microorganisms.

Specifically, the third estate demanded that the number of deputies for their order be equal to that of the two privileged orders combined, and most controversially “ that the States General Vote, Not by Orders, but by Heads ”.

These two churches had long shared the role of cathedral of Dublin, controversially at first, then under an agreement of 1300, Pacis Compositio, which gave Christchurch formal precedence, including the right to enthrone the Archbishop and to hold his cross, mitre and ring after death, but with deceased Archbishops of Dublin to be buried alternately in each of the two cathedrals, unless they personally willed otherwise, and the two cathedrals to act as one, and " shared equally in their freedoms ".

The museum complex will be redeveloped according to his plan, which controversially proposes large alterations to a set of buildings unchanged since 1930.

These police were, controversially, the first in New Zealand to be issued with visored riot helmets and with what was then referred to as the long baton ( more commonly the side-handle baton ).

The Sable was controversially redesigned alongside the Taurus for 1996 ; although they still shared much of their sheetmetal, the Sable now could be better distinguished from the Taurus.

He then became CEO of Brighton & Hove Albion, a position in which he controversially took part in the sale of the club's stadium after their articles of association had been changed, allowing for profit to be made on the sale of the Goldstone Ground.

Half-way through the 2001 – 02 season, with Leicester odds-on to win their fourth title in succession, it was controversially decided that the winners of the 8-team playoffs would be crowned English champions.

Regarding terminology in UK and Ireland, in December 2011 the Advertising Standards Authority ( in an ASA decision which was upheld by its Independent Reviewer, Sir Hayden Phillips ) controversially ruled that no manufactured product can be marketed as " zero carbon ", because carbon was inevitably emitted during its manufacture.

They enacted legislation meant to enshrine French as the language of business in the province, while also controversially restricting the usage of English on signs and restricting the eligibility of students to be taught in English.

Most controversially, Quebec was guaranteed never to be allotted less than one-quarter of the seats in the House.

New Republic Intelligence later referred to the battle as the " Bakura Incident ", and believed that it would be best if the New Republic attempted to prevent widespread public knowledge of the Ssi-Ruuk, advice that was taken controversially at best.

Statements by ancient authors such as Caesar, Strabo and Pliny the Elder have been controversially interpreted as supporting this view, but these are too vague or ambiguous to be of much geographical value.

Most controversially, negative images may also be promoted by people who claim to be representing the interests of cyclists.