Sama was born at
Amoutchou in
Ogou Prefecture. He was Minister of Youth, Sports, and Culture from 1981 to 1984, Regional Director of Rural and Maritime Region Development from 1986 to 1990, and Director-General of the Togolese Cotton Company from 1990 to 1996, before re-entering the government as Minister of Health, in which position he served from 1996 to 1999. He then served as Minister of National Education and Research from 1999 On 7 December 2000, he also became the Secretary-General of the RPT. this move was said to have been done as part of preparations for the parliamentary election that was held later in the year. Sama left office on 9 June 2005, when he was succeeded by
Edem Kodjo. After serving as Prime Minister, Sama became a Special Advisor to President
Faure Gnassingbé, with the rank of Minister; he remains in that post as of 2008. He was the head of the
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) observer mission in the
Malian
April 2007 presidential election. Sama was a member of the RPT College of Sages. ==References==