<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> the 23 units may now be called prefectures (prefectures, singular—prefecture) and reported name changes for individual units are included in parentheses
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<item><hi format=bold>Independence:</hi> 27 April 1960 (from UN trusteeship under French administration)
<item><hi format=bold>National holiday:</hi> Independence Day, 27 April (1960)
<item><hi format=bold>Constitution:</hi> multiparty draft constitution approved by High Council of the Republic 1 July 1992; adopted by public referendum 27 September 1992
<item><hi format=bold>Legal system:</hi> French-based court system
<item><hi format=bold>Suffrage:</hi> universal adult at age NA
<item><hi format=bold>Executive branch:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>chief of state:</hi> 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
<item>• <hi format=ital>head of government:</hi> Prime Minister Edem KODJO (since April 1994)
<item>• <hi format=ital>cabinet:</hi> Council of Ministers; appointed by the president and the prime minister
<item><hi format=bold>National Assembly:</hi> elections last held on 6 and 20 February 1994 (next to be held NA); results—percent of vote by party NA; SEATS—(81 total) RPT and allies (pro government) 38, CAR, UTD (the opposition) 40, still contested as of 3 May 1994
<item><hi format=bold>Political parties and leaders:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>pro-government:</hi> Rally of the Togolese People (RPT), President Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA; Coordination des Forces Nouvelles (CFN), Joseph KOFFIGOH
<item>• <hi format=ital>moderate:</hi> The Togolese Union for Democracy (UTD), Edem KODJO; The Action Committee for Renewal (CAR), Yao AGBOYIBOR
<item>• <hi format=ital>radical:</hi> 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)
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> 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
<item>• <hi format=ital>chief of mission:</hi> Ambassador Harmon E. KIRBY (Ambassador Johnny YOUNG to replace Ambassador KIRBY during the summer of 1994)
<item>• <hi format=ital>embassy:</hi> Rue Pelletier Caventou and Rue Vauban, Lome
<item>• <hi format=ital>mailing address:</hi> B. P. 852, Lome
<item><hi format=bold>Flag:</hi> 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