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Togo Government 1996
republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule
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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)
the 23 units may now be called prefectures (singular - prefecture) and
reported name changes for individual units are included in parentheses
27 April 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)
Independence Day, 27 April (1960)
multiparty draft constitution approved by High Council of the Republic 1
July 1992; adopted by public referendum 27 September 1992
French-based court system
NA years of age; universal adult
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
Prime Minister Edem KODJO (since April 1994)
Council of Ministers; appointed by the president and the prime minister
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
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
Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel), Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)
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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
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
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
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Diplomatic representation in US:
Charge d'Affaires Edem Frederic HEGBE
2208 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
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US diplomatic representation:
Ambassador Johnny YOUNG (since September 1994)
Rue Pelletier Caventou and Rue Vauban, Lome
[228] 21 77 17, 21 29 91 through 21 29 94
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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