Guy Landry Hazoumé (10 June 1940 – 22 August 2012)[1] was a Beninese politician and poet. He was the foreign minister of Benin from 1987 to 1989.[2] He was a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques was appointed director-general of political affairs in 1968. He also served as ambassador to the UN. He died on 22 August 2012.[3]