Background
Adechi, Joel Wassi was born in 1949 in Dakar, Senegal.
international organization official
Adechi, Joel Wassi was born in 1949 in Dakar, Senegal.
Received law degree, University Brazzaville, 1973. Received advanced law degree, University Orléans, France, 1974. Hold diploma in diplomacy, Institute International Public Administration, Paris.
Second counsellor and later Chargé d' affaires Embassy of Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1978—1985, minister counsellor Ottawa, Canada, 1990—1994, Permanent Mission of Benin to the United Nations, 1994—1996. Director of Cabinet; director of State Protocol. Director of America Section Foreign Ministry of Benin.
Director of the African and Arab Countries Section. Permanent representative of Benin United Nations, New York, 1999—2005.
Married; 4 children.