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[[File:Eloi Maxime Alphonse Dovo.jpg|thumb|Eloi Maxime Alphonse Dovo, Ambassador of Madagascar to Russia, at the Malagasy Embassy in Moscow. Photo by Igor Sid. 25.04.2003.
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'''Eloi Alphonse Maxime Dovo''' ({{langx|ru|Элуа Альфонс Максим Дуву}} ; born 1957?<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rulers.org/indexd3.html|title=Index Di-Do|website=Rulers.org|accessdate=11 October 2018}}</ref>) is a [[Madagascar|Malagasy]] [[diplomat]] and [[politician]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.madagascar-diplomatie.net/category.php?category_id=18 |title=Eloi Maxime Alphonse |access-date=2012-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303163522/http://www.madagascar-diplomatie.net/category.php?category_id=18 |archive-date=2012-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was [[Ambassador of Madagascar to Russia]] from 2003 to 2018, and [[minister of Foreign Affairs]] since 11 June 2018 in the [[Christian Ntsay]] [[Ntsay government|government]].
== Biography ==
=== Education ===
In 1978, Eloi Alphonse Maxime Dovo got his Certificate of teacher of general education and a diploma in English. Starting in 1980, he was an English and French teacher in Madagascar. In 1986, he got a diploma in Russian and in International Relations, followed by a diploma of inManagement and International Economic Cooperation. In 1986–1987, he worked as an assistant in the School of law, economics and management of the [[University of Antananarivo]].<ref name="ambamadagascar 61">{{cite web|url=http://ambamadagascar.ru/page61.html|title=Биография Посла МАДАГАСКАРА в РФ ДУВУ Элуа А. Максим|website=Ambamadagascar.ru|language=ru|accessdate=11 October 2018}}</ref>
=== Career ===
From 1987 to 1988, Eloi Alphonse Maxime Dovo started at the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar, heading the office of bilateral relations with Europe. In 1989, he was put in charge of the bilateral relations with the American continent. From 1991 to 1994, he became an official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<ref name="ambamadagascar 61"/>
From 1994 to 1997, Eloi Alphone Maxime Dovo worked in the private sector as an authorized representative to the companies Labouffe, Socorex, and SoreTrans Gaship.<ref name="ambamadagascar 61"/>
In 1997, he returned briefly to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before entering the Ministry of Justice as a non-permanent representative at the Seal Security Office.<ref name="ambamadagascar 61"/>
In November 2002, after being the General Counselor to the Malagasy embassy in Paris, he was named ambassador to Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.africaintelligence.fr/loi/nominations--missions/2002/11/30/eloi-maxime-dovo,5621342-bre|title=Eloi Maxime Dovo|website=Africaintelligence.fr|date=30 November 2002|language=fr|accessdate=13 October 2018}}</ref> On 16 April 2003, Eloi Alphonse Maxime Dovo presented his credentials to [[Russian President]] [[Vladimir Putin]], thus enacting his role as [[Ambassador of Madagascar to Russia]].<ref name="16april03">{{cite news| script-title=ru:Послы, вручившие верительные грамоты|location = [[Moscow Kremlin|The Kremlin]], [[Moscow]]| publisher = Presidential Press and Information Office| date = 16 April 2003| url=http://archive.kremlin.ru/text/docs/2003/04/156592.shtml| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306022731/http://archive.kremlin.ru/text/docs/2003/04/156592.shtml| url-status=dead| archive-date=6 March 2012| accessdate = 2008-10-10 |language=ru}}</ref>
On 11 June 2018, Eloi Alphone Maxime Dovo became the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar in the [[Christian Ntsay]] [[Ntsay government|government]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidence.gov.mg/decret-n-2018-540-portant-nomination-des-membres-du-gouvernement/|title=Décret n2018-540 portant nomination des membres du gouvernement|website=Presidence.gov.mg|date=4 June 2018|language=fr|accessdate=11 October 2018|archive-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620001702/http://www.presidence.gov.mg/decret-n-2018-540-portant-nomination-des-membres-du-gouvernement/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Shortly thereafter, he participated for the first time to the [[African Union]] summit as head of foreign affairs of his country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orange.mg/actualite/nouveau-ministre-affaires-etrangeres-assistera-au-sommet-lunion-africaine|title=Le nouveau Ministre des Affaires étrangères assistera au Sommet de l’Union Africaine|website=Orange.mg|date=28 June 2018|language=fr|accessdate=11 October 2018}}</ref>
== Private life ==
Eloi Alphone Maxime Dovo is married with two children.<ref name="ambamadagascar 61"/>
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