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Togo Government - 2002 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb2002/togo/togo_government.html SOURCE: 2002 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Government type republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule Capital Lome Administrative divisions 5 regions (regions, singular - region); De La Kara, Des Plateaux, Des Savanes, Centrale, Maritime 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
Legislative branch
unicameral National Assembly (81 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
Judicial branch Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Supreme Court or Cour Supreme Political parties and leaders
Action Committee for Renewal or CAR [Yawovi AGBOYIBO]; Coordination des Forces Nouvelles or CFN [Joseph KOFFIGOH]; Democratic Convention of African Peoples or CDPA [Leopold GNININVI]; Party for Democracy and Renewal or PDR [Zarifou AYEVA]; Patriotic Pan-African Convergence or CPP [Edem KODJO]; Rally of the Togolese People or RPT [President Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA]; Union of Forces for Change or UFC [Gilchrist OLYMPIO (in exile), Jean Pierre FABRE, general secretary in Togo]; Union of Independent Liberals or ULI [Jacques AMOUZOU]
Political pressure groups and leaders NA International organization participation ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ITU, MIPONUH, NAM, OAU, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, 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 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
NOTE: The information regarding Togo on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Togo Government 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Togo Government 2002 should be addressed to the CIA. |