Education
Vovor studied Biology and Medicine in Montpelier and Dijon (France).
physician politician Professor of Medicine
Vovor studied Biology and Medicine in Montpelier and Dijon (France).
Born in Kpalime (Kloto district, northwest of Lome) in 1923 and he passed in Paris, France, in 1992. Vovor created and contributed to the creation of number of schools of medicine across francophone sub-Saharan Africa. He taught Surgery and Gynecology in Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Central Africa Republic,Senegal and Togo.
Vovor was professor of general medicine and surgery to many Africans at the School of Medicine of Dakar.
Good number of his students had successful career in their home country (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d"Ivoire, Gabon, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Tchad, Togo) even with high ranking political career. Many of them, returning home called him to support the creation of their National School of Medicine.
Vovor created the National School of Midwifery of Togo in 1967 when he was still teaching surgery at the School of Medecine of the University of Dakar (now University Cheick Anta Diop of Senegal). During his tenure as head of the Togo national midwife"s school, until his retirement in 1980, the diploma delivered allowed alumni to work in France and Senegal without additional courses or conversions.
As the grade delivered was granted by the University of Dakar, the school attracted numerous students not only from Togo but also from Haute-Volta (now Burkina Faso), Niger, Tchad, Comoros Islands, et cetera
Vovor also created the School of Gynecology and Obstetrics within the School of Medicine of the University du Benin (now University of Lomé). Vovor, during his academic years in Togo was in charge of the higher academic studies serving as the National Director for Superior Education within the Ministry of Education and Research. Vovor was called after the first military coup in Africa (January 13, 1963) to the responsibility of Togo Ministry of Health of which he resigned to pursue his academic researches to earn the grade of Professor of medicine in France (1965).
During his professorship, Mawupe Valentin Vovor remained involved in Togo national affairs as Chairman of the Supreme Court.
He served as professor of Medicine of the French universities (1965), and was the first sub-Saharan African member of the French Academy of Surgery (1975). Member of the parliement, Mawupe Valentin Vovor chaired the Togo National Assembly from 1985 to 1988, when he resigned two years before the end of his term because of his personal convictions.