Government & politics — Togo

derived from the Ewe words "to" (river) and "godo" (on the other side) to give the sense of "on the other side of the river"; originally, this designation applied to the town of Togodo (now Togoville) on the northern shore of Lake Togo, but the name was eventually extended to the entire nation

• history: several previous; latest adopted 27 September 1992,
• effective 14 October 1992 amendments: proposed by the president of the republic or supported by at least one fifth of the National Assembly membership; passage requires four-fifths majority vote by the Assembly; a referendum is required if approved by only two-thirds majority of the Assembly or if requested by the president; constitutional articles on the republican and secular form of government cannot be amended; amended 2002, 2007, last in 2019 when the National Assembly unanimously approved a package of amendments, including setting presidential term limits of two 5-year mandates

• chief of state: President Jean-Luc
• ien Kwassi Savi de TOVE (since 3 May 2025) head of government: President of Cou
• ncil of Ministers Faure GNASSINGBE (since 3 May 2025) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the advice of the presi
• dent of the council of ministers election/appointment process: president is appointed by the national assembly for one six-year term; the president of the council of ministers is the leader of the majority party in the national assembly and is confirmed by
• the Constitutional Court with no term limits election results: 2020: Faure GNASSINGBE reelected president; percent of vote - Faure GNASSINGBE (UNIR) 70.8%, Agbeyome KODJO (MPDD) 19.5%, Jean-Pierre FABRE (ANC) 4.7%, other 5% 2015: Faure GNASSINGBE reelected president; percent of vote - Faure GNASSINGBE (UNIR) 58.8%, Jean-Pierre FABRE (ANC) 35.2%, Tchaboure GOGUE (ADDI) 4%, other 2%
• note: in May 2024, the President signed into law changes to the constitution that converted the presidential system to a parliamentary republic and created the President of Council of Ministers position

Description

unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (91 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed, party-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms); party lists are required to contain equal numbers of men and women

Elections

last held on 20 December 2018 (next election was to be held on 20 April 2024 but has been indefinitely postponed)

Election Results

• percent of vote by party - NA
• seats by party - UNIR 59, UFC 7, NET 3, MPDD 2, MRC 1, PDP 1, independent 18
• composition as of February 2024 - men 73, women 17, percent of women 18.9%

• highest court(s): Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (organized into criminal and administrative chambers, each with a chamber president and advisors); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges, incl
• uding the court president) judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court president appointed by decree of the president of the republic upon the proposal of the Supreme Council of the Magistracy, a 9-member judicial, advisory, and disciplinary body; other judicial appointments and judge tenure NA; Constitutional Court judges appointed by the National Assembly;
• judge tenure NA subordinate courts: Court of Assizes (sessions court); Appeal Court; tribunals of first instance (divided into civil, commercial, and correctional chambers; Court of State Security; military tribunal

• Action Committee for Renewal or CAR [Dodji APEVON]
• Alliance of Democrats for Integral Development or ADDI [Tchaboure GOGUE]
• Democratic Convention of African Peoples or CDPA [Léopold GNININVI]
• Democratic Forces for the Republic or FDR [Dodji APEVON]
• National Alliance for Change or ANC [Jean-Pierre FABRE]
• New Togolese Commitment [Gerry TAAMA]
• Pan-African National Party or PNP [Tikpi ATCHADAM]
• Pan-African Patriotic Convergence or CPP (vacant)
• Patriotic Movement for Democracy and Development or MPDD [Agbeyome KODJO]
• Socialist Pact for Renewal or PSR [Abi TCHESSA]
• The Togolese Party [Nathaniel OLYMPIO]
• Union of Forces for Change or UFC [Jean-Pierre FABRE]
• Union for the Republic or UNIR [Faure GNASSINGBE]

• no citizenship by descent only: at least one
• yes residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years

ACP, AfDB, AIIB, AU, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

chief of mission

Ambassador Elizabeth FITZSIMMONS (since 26 April 2022) embassy: Boulevard Eyadema, B.P. 852, Lome mailing address: 2300 Lome Place, Washington, DC 20521-2300

telephone

[228] 2261-5470

FAX

[228] 2261-5501

Email address and website

• consularLome@state.gov
• https://tg.usembassy.gov/

chief of mission

Ambassador Frederic Edem HEGBE (since 24 April 2017)

chancery

2208 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone

[1] (202) 234-4212

FAX

[1] (202) 232-3190

Email address and website

• embassyoftogo@hotmail.com
• https://embassyoftogousa.com/