Mawupé Valentin Vovor

Mawupé Valentin Vovor (29 October 1923 – 2 January 1992) was a Togolese medical doctor, academic figure and politician.

He worked at the National Hospital of Lomé before leaving to Dakar (Sénégal) where he headed the General Surgery Clinic of the Hopital Le Dantec in 1959.

During his tenure as Dean of the Togo National midwife's school, until his retirement in 1981, 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, etc.

In 1973, Mawupé Valentin Vovor was elected and admitted to the French Academy of Surgery being for a long period the first and unique Sub-Saharan Africa native.

During his professorship, Mawupe Valentin Vovor remained involved in Togo national affairs as chairman of the Supreme Court until 1978.

Elected Member of the parliament, representative from the Kpalimé district in 1985, Mawupe Valentin Vovor chaired the Togo National Assembly from 1985 to 1988,[1] when he resigned two years before the end of his term because of his personal convictions.