Career
Previously he was Minister of Youth and Civic Instruction from 2011 to 2015. A native of Pointe-Noire, Collinet Makosso worked as a teacher. In the early 1990s, he was appointed as Political Adviser to the Prefect of Kouilou, then as Director of the Cabinet of the Prefect of Kouilou.
From 1998 to 2011, he was an Adviser to President Denis Sassou Nguesso, while at the same time serving as Director of the Cabinet of the First Lady, Antoinette Sassou Nguesso.
In 2009, following the death of the President"s daughter Edith Lucie Bongo, he published a collection of poems and stories dedicated to her. Collinet Makosso was appointed to the government as Minister of Youth and Civic Instruction as part of a minor reshuffle on 17 August 2011.
He took over the ministry from his predecessor, Zacharie Kimpouni, on 25 August 2011. On 10 August 2015, Collinet Makosso was appointed as Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Youth and Civic Instruction, expanding his responsibilities.
