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PERSONAL HISTORY

NATIONALITY	BENIN
NAME	ZOMAHOUN-DOSSOU-CYR-RUFIN
DATE OF BIRTH	15 JUNE 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	DASSA-ZOUME,BEININ,WEST AFRICA

EDUCATION

(BENIN)	1974-1979	ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
	1980-1986	MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL
	1986-1987	BENIN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY :GRADUATED FROM LINGUISTICS
(CHINA)	1987-1993	BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE: DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE : OBTAINED MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE IN CHINESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
(CHINA)	1992-PRESENT	EDUCATEL CORRESPONDENCE MARKETING COURSE(IN FRENCH)
(JAPAN)	1994-1996	GRADUATED FROM GAKOU JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL, KOIWA,TOKYO,JAPAN
	1996-1999	OBTAINED A MASTERS DEGREE IN SOCIOLOGY FROM SOPHIA UNIVERSITY YOTSUYA,TOKYO
	1999-2002	COMPLETED DOCTORAL(Ph.D) COURSE REQUIREMENT OF THREE YEARS OF LECTURES. ALL GRADES WERE "A" EXCEPT FOR ONE"B",SOPHIA UNIVERSITY,YOTUYA,TOKYO,JAPAN
	2002-PRESENT	ALLOWED TO WRITE DOCTORAL THESIS AND DO FIELD RESEARCH IN BENIN. SOPHIA UNIVERSITY YOTUYA,TOKYO

TITLES OD THESES

(CHINA)	1.BACHELOR OF ARTS: HIS EXCELLENCY, DEMOCRATIC FOUNDING FATHER OF CHINA, Dr. SUN YAT SEN (SUN ZHONG SHANG)-COMPARISION WITH PRESIDENT KEREKOU, M. PATRIOTISM.
(CHINA)	2. MASTER OF ARTS: THE CONFUCIAN EDUCATIONAL THINKING AND ITS INFLUENCE ON SOUTH-ASIAN CULTURE.
(JAPAN)	1. MASTERS DEGREE: PROBLEMS IN ACHIEVING THE UNIVERSALITY OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IN BENIN : A COMPARISON WITH CHINA AND JAPAN.
(JAPAN)	2. Ph.D.DEGREE: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND THE EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES : THE REPUBLIC OF BENIN CASE

EMPLOYMENT AND ACTIVITIES

(CHINA)	SEPTEMBER1993-MARCHI1994 EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA,BEIJING-CHINA. WORKED AS A TRANSLATOR CHINESE-FRENCH-ENGLISH.
(JAPAN)	1994-1996 SERVED AS ATRANSLATOR FOR VARIOUS AFRICAN PERSONALITIES-(PRESIDENTS) ON PRIVATE VISITS IN JAPAN. APRIL1994-MARCH1998 JESUIT CHINA-CENTER(J.C.C.) WAKAMIYA. NAKANO,TOKYO ASSISTED THE DIRECTOR. APRIL1998-2002 BECOME A T.B.S. TELEVISION T.V. PERSONALITY-TOKYO, REGULARLY APPEARED ON T.B.S. TELEVISION. AUTHORED TWO BOOKS IN JAPANESE IN JAPAN WHICH WERE GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY T.B.S.TELEVISION. THE TITLES OF THE TWO BOOKS WERE "ZOMAHOUN’S VIEW OF JAPAN"(1999A.D. KAWADE SHOBO,WHICH WAS A BEST SELLER) AND "DO AFRICAN COUTRIES BENEFIT FROM GLOBALIZATION?”) (2000A.D. KAWADE SHOBO) DONATED ROYALTY INCOME FROM THE TWO BOOKS TO BUILD THREE FULLY EQUIPPED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN BENIN FOR AT LEAST 1020 STUDENTS AND USED LECTURE INCOME TO DIG THREE SCHOOL WELLS AND TWO VILLAGE WELLS.ALSO USED ROYALTY INCOME FROM BOOKS AND LECTURES TO DONATE TO CARITAS, OTHER NGO AND UNICEF(U.N). CO-AUTHORED A THIRD BOOK SPONSORED BY T.B.S.AND PUBLISHED BY KAWADE-SHOBO IN 2001. CO-AUTHORED WITH OTHERS, BOOK ENTITLED; "JAPAN'S JUSTICE:DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS(2003A.D. OCHANOMIZU SHOBO) 2002-PRESENT SOMETIMES LECTURED AT KYORITSU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY,TOKYO,JAPAN(SUBJECT: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION) IN ADDITION HE ESTABLISHED IN 2002 A FOUNDATION (IFE FOUNDATION) WITH FOUR PURPOSES: DIGGING DEEP WELLS PROMOTING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATION PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES PROMOTING ASIAN-AFRICAN FRIENDSHIP. REGARDING D,HE BUILT A "JAPAN HOUSE" (IN BENIN)TO TEACH JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE TO YOUNG AFRICANS. IT IS STAFFED BY TWO JAPANESE VOLUNTEERS WHO WERE UNIVERSITY TEACHERS.THE JAPANESE CULYURE AND LANGUAGE ARE TAUGHT IN COTONOU-BENIN AT"TAKESHI JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL" OR "TAKESHI NIHONGO GAKKOU"

(CHINA)

SEPTEMBER1993-MARCHI1994 EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA,BEIJING-CHINA. WORKED AS A TRANSLATOR CHINESE-FRENCH-ENGLISH.

(JAPAN)

1994-1996 SERVED AS ATRANSLATOR FOR VARIOUS AFRICAN PERSONALITIES-(PRESIDENTS) ON PRIVATE VISITS IN JAPAN. APRIL1994-MARCH1998 JESUIT CHINA-CENTER(J.C.C.) WAKAMIYA. NAKANO,TOKYO ASSISTED THE DIRECTOR.

APRIL1998-2002 BECOME A T.B.S. TELEVISION T.V. PERSONALITY-TOKYO, REGULARLY APPEARED ON T.B.S. TELEVISION.

AUTHORED TWO BOOKS IN JAPANESE IN JAPAN WHICH WERE GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY T.B.S.TELEVISION. THE TITLES OF THE TWO BOOKS WERE "ZOMAHOUN’S VIEW OF JAPAN"(1999A.D. KAWADE SHOBO,WHICH WAS A BEST SELLER) AND "DO AFRICAN COUTRIES BENEFIT FROM GLOBALIZATION?”) (2000A.D. KAWADE SHOBO)

DONATED ROYALTY INCOME FROM THE TWO BOOKS TO BUILD THREE FULLY EQUIPPED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN BENIN FOR AT LEAST 1020 STUDENTS AND USED LECTURE INCOME TO DIG THREE SCHOOL WELLS AND TWO VILLAGE WELLS.ALSO USED ROYALTY INCOME FROM BOOKS AND LECTURES TO DONATE TO CARITAS, OTHER NGO AND UNICEF(U.N). CO-AUTHORED A THIRD BOOK SPONSORED BY T.B.S.AND PUBLISHED BY KAWADE-SHOBO IN 2001.

CO-AUTHORED WITH OTHERS, BOOK ENTITLED; "JAPAN'S JUSTICE:DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS(2003A.D. OCHANOMIZU SHOBO)

2002-PRESENT SOMETIMES LECTURED AT KYORITSU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY,TOKYO,JAPAN(SUBJECT: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION)

IN ADDITION HE ESTABLISHED IN 2002 A FOUNDATION (IFE FOUNDATION) WITH FOUR PURPOSES:

DIGGING DEEP WELLS
PROMOTING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATION
PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES
PROMOTING ASIAN-AFRICAN FRIENDSHIP.

REGARDING D,HE BUILT A "JAPAN HOUSE" (IN BENIN)TO TEACH JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE TO YOUNG AFRICANS. IT IS STAFFED BY TWO JAPANESE VOLUNTEERS WHO WERE UNIVERSITY TEACHERS.THE JAPANESE CULYURE AND LANGUAGE ARE TAUGHT IN COTONOU-BENIN AT"TAKESHI JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL" OR "TAKESHI NIHONGO GAKKOU"

AWARDS

NOVEMBER 2001	PRESENTED IN BARCELONA, SPAIN WITH AN ACADEMIC AWARD(ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP AND ACCOMPLISHMENT)BY JUNIOR CHAMBER INTERNATIONAL INC.(J.C.I.-A UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION CONSULTATIVE INSTITUTION)
JULY 2002	GRAND NATIONAL ORDER OF BENIN (BENIN'S HIGHEST CIVILIAN DECORATION) AWARDED BY BENINESE PRESIDENT.

SIGNED: ZOMAHOUN-DOSSOU-RUFIN CYR
DATED: 17 MARCH 2004