Charles Agba

Background

Agba was born in Kabou, located in Bassar Prefecture, and studied to become a veterinary doctor.

Career

He again served in the government as Minister of Health from 2011 to 2013. He was then appointed to the government as Minister of Health in June 1999. He was moved to the post of Minister of Agriculture and Research on 5 July 2002, then to the post of Minister of Higher Education and Research on 29 July 2003.

As of 2004, he was also President of the Togolese National Commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. On 20 June 2005, he was promoted to the position of Minister of State for Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Fishing.

He was instead appointed as Minister of State for Health on 20 September 2006. Agba was again appointed to the government as Minister of Health in June 2011, succeeding Komlan Mally.

He remained in that post until he was dismissed from the government on 17 September 2013.

Achievements

• He won the last of the five available seats, becoming the only RPT candidate to be elected in Lomé. He remained in the government that was formed after the election, however, and continued to serve as Minister of State for Health until 15 September 2008, when he was dismissed from the government.

Politics

In the October 2007 parliamentary election, Agba was the first candidate on the candidate list of the Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) in Lomé, the capital.