GOVERNMENT
President Gnassingbe faces a significant challenge, balancing entrenched interests with the need to implement democratic reforms and revive Togo's deteriorating economy. Togo's long-suffering population has seen its living standards decline precipitously since the 1980s.
The Togolese judiciary is modeled on the French system. For administrative purposes, Togo is divided into 30 prefectures, each having an appointed prefect.
Principal
Government Officials
President--Faure Gnassingbe
Prime Minister--Komlan Mally
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation--Leopold Gnininvi
Minister of Justice--Kokou Tozoun
Minister of Health--Charles Agba
Minister of Security--Atcha Titikpina
Next Elections Scheduled
Presidential elections--2010
Local elections--TBA in 2008.
Type: Republic.
Independence: April 27, 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship).
Constitution: Adopted 1992.
Branches: Executive--president (chief of state); prime minister (head of government). Legislative--National Assembly. Judicial--Supreme Court.
Subdivisions: 30 prefectures.
Political parties: Rassemblement du Peuple Togolais (RPT); Union des Forces de Changement (UFC); Comite d'action pour le Renouveau (CAR), Pan-African Patriotic Convergence Party (CPP), Democratic Convention of the Togolese People (CDPA).
Suffrage: Universal adult.
National holiday: Independence Day, April 27.
