Short facts about the government of Togo
| Country
name: |
conventional long
form: Togolese Republic
conventional short
form: Togo
local long form: Republique
Togolaise
local short form: none
former: French
Togoland |
| Government
type: |
republic under transition to multiparty
democratic rule |
| Administrative divisions: |
5 regions (regions, singular - region);
De La Kara, Des Plateaux, Des Savanes, Du Centre,
Maritime |
| Independence: |
27 April 1960 (from French-administered
UN trusteeship) |
| National
holiday: |
Independence Day, 27 April
(1960) |
| Constitution: |
multiparty draft constitution approved
by High Council of the Republic 1 July 1992; adopted by public referendum 27
September 1992 |
| Legal
system: |
French-based court
system |
| Suffrage: |
NA years of age; universal
adult |
| Executive
branch: |
chief of state:
President Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA (since 14 April
1967)
head of government: Prime Minister Agbeyome KODJO (since 29
August 2000)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the
president and the prime minister
elections: president elected by
popular vote for a five-year term; election last held 21 June 1998 (next to be
held NA 2003); prime minister appointed by the president
election
results: Gnassingbe EYADEMA reelected president; percent of vote -
Gnassingbe EYADEMA 52.13%, Gilchrist OLYMPIO 34.12%, other
13.75% |
| Legislative
branch: |
unicameral National Assembly (81 seats;
members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year
terms)
elections: last held 21 March 1999 (next due to be held NA
October 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%;
seats by party - RPT 79, independents 2
note: Togo's main
opposition parties boycotted the election because of EYADEMA's alleged
manipulation of 1998 presidential polling; in March of 1999, opposition parties
entered into negotiations with the president over the establishment of an
independent electoral commission and a new round of legislative elections, now
scheduled for October 2001 |
| Judicial
branch: |
Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel;
Supreme Court or Cour Supreme |
| Political
parties and leaders: |
Action Committee for Renewal or CAR
[Yawovi AGBOYIBO]; Coordination des Forces Nouvelles or CFN [Joseph KOFFIGOH];
Democratic Convention of African Peoples or CDPA [Leopold GNININVI]; Party for
Democracy and Renewal or PDR [Zarifou AYEVA]; Patriotic Pan-African Convergence
or CPP [Edem KODJO]; Rally of the Togolese People or RPT [President Gen.
Gnassingbe EYADEMA]; Union of Forces for Change or UFC [Gilchrist OLYMPIO (in
exile), Jeane-Pierre FABRE, general secretary in Togo]; Union of Independent
Liberals or ULI [Jacques AMOUZO]
note: Rally of the Togolese
People or RPT, led by President EYADEMA, was the only party until the formation
of multiple parties was legalized 12 April 1991 |
| Political
pressure groups and leaders: |
NA |
| International organization participation: |
ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS,
Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC,
IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU, MIPONUH, NAM, OAU, OIC,
OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WADB, WAEMU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
WToO, WTrO |
| Diplomatic
representation in the US: |
chief of mission:
Ambassador Akoussoulelov BODJONA
chancery: 2208
Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1]
(202) 234-4212
FAX: [1] (202)
232-3190 |
| Diplomatic
representation from the US: |
chief of mission:
Ambassador Karl HOFMANN
embassy: Angle Rue Kouenou
and Rue 15 Beniglato, Lome
mailing address: B. P. 852,
Lome
telephone: [228] 21 29 91 through 21 29
94
FAX: [228] 21 79 52 |
| Flag
description: |
five equal horizontal bands of green
(top and bottom) alternating with yellow; there is a white five-pointed star on
a red square in the upper hoist-side corner; uses the popular pan-African colors
of Ethiopia | Source: World Factbook |
