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- <text id=93CT1381>
- <title>
- Togo--Government
- </title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Togo
- Government</hdr><body>
- <list>
- <l>Names:</l>
- <l> conventional long form: Republic of Togo</l>
- <l> conventional short form: Togo</l>
- <l> local long form: Republique Togolaise</l>
- <l> local short form: none</l>
- <l> former: French Togo</l>
- </list>
- <p>Digraph: TO
- </p>
- <p>Type: republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule
- </p>
- <p>Capital: Lome
- </p>
- <p>Administrative divisions: 21 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)
- </p>
- <p>note: the 21 units may now be called prefectures (prefectures,
- singular - prefecture) and reported name changes for individual
- units are included in parentheses
- </p>
- <p>Independence: 27 April 1960 (from UN trusteeship under French
- administration)
- </p>
- <p>Constitution: 1980 constitution nullified during national
- reform conference; transition constitution adopted 24 August
- 1991; multiparty draft constitution sent to High Council of the
- Republic for approval in November 1991; adopted by public
- referendum September 1992
- </p>
- <p>Legal system: French-based court system
- </p>
- <p>National holiday: Independence Day, 27 April (1960)
- </p>
- <p>Political parties and leaders: 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;
- transition regime in place since August 1991
- </p>
- <p>Suffrage: universal adult at age NA
- </p>
- <p>Elections:
- </p>
- <p> President: last held 21 December 1986 (next to be held
- 1993); results - Gen. EYADEMA was reelected without opposition
- </p>
- <p> National Assembly: last held 4 March 1990; dissolved during
- national reform conference (next to be held 1993); results - RPT
- was the only party; seats - (77 total) RPT 77; interim
- legislative High Council of the Republic (HCR) in place since
- August 1991
- </p>
- <p>Executive branch: president, prime minister, Council of
- Ministers (cabinet)
- </p>
- <p>Legislative branch: National Assembly dissolved during
- national reform conference; 79-member interim High Council for
- the Republic (HCR) formed to act as legislature during
- transition to multiparty democracy; legislative elections
- scheduled to be held in 1993
- </p>
- <p>Judicial branch: Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel), Supreme Court
- (Cour Supreme)
- </p>
- <p>Leaders:
- </p>
- <p> Chief of State: President Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA (since 14
- April 1967)
- </p>
- <p> Head of Government: interim Prime Minister Joseph Kokou
- KOFFIGOH (since 28 August 1991)
- </p>
- <p>Member of: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, CEAO (observer), ECA, ECOWAS,
- Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, IDA, IFAD, IFC,
- ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU,
- UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WADB, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
- <l> chief of mission: Ambassador Ellom-Kodjo SCHUPPIUS</l>
- <l> chancery: 2208 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
- 20008</l>
- <l> telephone: (202) 234-4212 or 4213</l>
- </list>
- <list>
- <l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
- <l> chief of mission: Ambassador Harmon E. KIRBY</l>
- <l> embassy: Rue Pelletier Caventou and Rue Vauban, Lome</l>
- <l> mailing address: B. P. 852, Lome</l>
- <l> telephone: [228] 21-29-91 through 94 and 21-77-17</l>
- <l> FAX: [228] 21-79-52</l>
- </list>
- <p>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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