klassou served as minister of primary and secondary education for more than four years. he was the first candidate on the rally of the togolese people's candidate list for haho prefecture in the october 2007 parliamentary election and was successful in winning a seat. on november 24, 2007, he was elected as the first vice-president of the national assembly, and he was replaced in his ministerial post in the government named on december 13, 2007.