page_title: Angèle Dola Akofa Aguigah
section_title: Politics
hierarchical_section_title: Angèle Dola Akofa Aguigah / Career / Politics
caption_attribution_description: English: A Tammari house with granaries. The forked poles at the left granary are ladders, with steps cut along their lengths. Suomi: Savimajoja Koutammakoussa. Português: Koutammakou, Terra dos Batammariba, Togo. 中文: 多哥傳統房屋.
context_page_description: Angèle Aguigah is a Togolese archaeologist and politician. She was the first female archaeologist from Togo, and in 2017 she was made a 'Human Living Treasure of Togo'.
context_section_description: Aguigah's experience in archaeology and heritage meant that work in government became a second phase of her career. From 2000-03 she was Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister’s Office in charge of Private Sector of Togo. From 2003 she was Minister of Culture of Togo. During her ministry the Cultural Landscape of Koutammakou was registered as a World Heritage Site and a programme of public engagement. She also encouraged a decentralisation of cultural industries in Togo, in order to create more regional opportunities.
  In 2012, Aguigah became director of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) in Benin. Her time at CENI was not without controversy: she announced that elections could be ready in May 2013, ahead of the government's expected date of October, which caused opposition from the government. She had previously been an RTP candidate in the 2007 legislative elections. She has been outspoken about the need for internal and external investment on the archaeological heritage of Togo.
caption: Taberma house in Koutammakou, Togo
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