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Togo Government 1997https://photius.com/wfb1997/togo/togo_government.htmlSOURCE: 1997 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Data code TO Government type republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule National capital Lome Administrative divisions
21 circumscriptions (circonscriptions, singular - circonscription);Amlame, Aneho, Atakpame, Badou, Bafilo, Bassar, Dapaong, Kande, Kara, Kpalime,Lome, Niamtougou, Notse, Pagouda, Sansanne-Mango, Sokode, Sotouboua, Tabligbo,Tchamba, Tsevie, Vogan
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 Republic1 July 1992; adopted by public referendum 27 September 1992 Legal system French-based court system Suffrage NA years of age; universal adult Executive branch
Legislative branch
unicameral National Assembly (81 seats; members are elected by popularvote to serve five-year terms)
Judicial branch Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Supreme Court or Cour Supreme Political parties and leaders
Rally of the Togolese People or RPT [President Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA];Coordination des Forces Nouvelles or CFN [Joseph KOFFIGOH]; Togolese Unionfor Democracy or UTD [Edem KODJO]; Action Committee for Renewal or CAR [YaoAGBOYIBOR]; Union for Democracy and Solidarity or UDS [Antoine FOLLY]; Pan-AfricanSociodemocrats Group or GSP, an alliance of three radical parties: CDPA, PDR,and PSP; Democratic Convention of African Peoples or CDPA [Leopold GNININVI];Party for Democracy and Renewal or PDR [Zarifou AYEVA]; Pan-African SocialParty or PSP [Francis AGBAGLI]; Union of Forces for Change or UFC [GilchristOLYMPIO (in exile)]; Union of Justice and Democracy or UJD [Lal TAXPANDJAN]
International organization participation ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO,ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol,IOC, ITU, MINURSO, NAM, OAU, OIC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIH,UPU, WADB, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO Diplomatic representation in the US
Diplomatic representation from the US
Flag description
five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating withyellow; there is a white five-pointed star on a red square in the upper hoist-sidecorner; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
NOTE: The information regarding Togo on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Togo Government 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Togo Government 1997 should be addressed to the CIA. |