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Togo

    • Names:

        conventional long form:
        Republic of Togo

        conventional short form:
        Togo

        local long form:
        Republique Togolaise

        local short form:
        none

        former:
        French Togo

    • Digraph:
      TO

    • Type:
      republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule

    • Capital:
      Lome

    • Administrative divisions:
      23 circumscriptions (circonscriptions, singular - circonscription); Amlame (Amou), Aneho (Lacs), Atakpame (Ogou), Badou (Wawa), Bafilo (Assoli), Bassar (Bassari), Dapango (Tone), Kande (Keran), Klouto (Kloto), Pagouda (Binah), Lama-Kara (Kozah), Lome (Golfe), Mango (Oti), Niamtougou (Doufelgou), Notse (Haho), Pagouda, Sotouboua, Tabligbo (Yoto), Tchamba, Nyala, Tchaoudjo, Tsevie (Zio), Vogan (Vo)

        note:
        the 23 units may now be called prefectures (singular - prefecture) and reported name changes for individual units are included in parentheses

    • 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); election last held 25 August 1993 (next election to be held NA 1998); all major opposition parties boycotted the election; Gen. EYADEMA won 96.5% of the vote

        head of government:
        Prime Minister Edem KODJO (since April 1994)

        cabinet:
        Council of Ministers; appointed by the president and the prime minister

    • Legislative branch:
      unicameral

        National Assembly:
        elections last held 6 and 20 February 1994 (next to be held NA); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (81 total) CAR 36, RPT 35, UTD 7, UJD 2, CFN 1

        note:
        the Supreme Court ordered new elections for 3 seats of the Action Committee for Renewal (CAR) and the Togolese Union for Democracy (UTD), lowering their total to 34 and 6 seats, respectively; the remaining 3 seats have not been filled

    • Judicial branch:
      Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel), Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

    • Political parties and leaders:
      Rally of the Togolese People (RPT), President Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA; Coordination des Forces Nouvelles (CFN), Joseph KOFFIGOH; The Togolese Union for Democracy (UTD), Edem KODJO; The Action Committee for Renewal (CAR), Yao AGBOYIBOR; The Union for Democracy and Solidarity (UDS), Antoine FOLLY; The Pan-African Sociodemocrats Group (GSP), an alliance of three radical parties: The Democratic Convention of African Peoples (CDPA), Leopold GNININVI; The Party for Democracy and Renewal (PDR), Zarifou AYEVA; The Pan-African Social Party (PSP), Francis AGBAGLI; The Union of Forces for Change (UFC), Gilchrist OLYMPIO (in exile); Union of Justice and Democracy (UJD), Lal TAXPANDJAN

        note:
        Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) led by President EYADEMA was the only party until the formation of multiple parties was legalized 12 April 1991

    • Member of:
      ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, CEAO (observer), ECA, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, MINURSO, NAM, OAU, UN, UNAMIR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WADB, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

    • Diplomatic representation in US:

        chief of mission:
        Charge d'Affaires Edem Frederic HEGBE

        chancery:
        2208 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

        telephone:
        [1] (202) 234-4212

        FAX:
        [1] (202) 232-3190

    • US diplomatic representation:

        chief of mission:
        Ambassador Johnny YOUNG (since September 1994)

        embassy:
        Rue Pelletier Caventou and Rue Vauban, Lome

        mailing address:
        B. P. 852, Lome

        telephone:
        [228] 21 77 17, 21 29 91 through 21 29 94

        FAX:
        [228] 21 79 52

    • Flag:
      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






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