ssingbe EYADEMA
(since 14 April 1967)

head of government: Prime Minister Agbeyome KODJO (since 29 August
2000)

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president and the
prime minister

elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;
election last held 21 June 1998 (next to be held NA 2003); prime
minister appointed by the president

election results: Gnassingbe EYADEMA reelected president; percent
of vote - Gnassingbe EYADEMA 52.13%, Gilchrist OLYMPIO 34.12%, other
13.75%

Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (81 seats; members
are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections: last held 21 March 1999 (next due to be held NA October
2001)

election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
RPT 79, independents 2

note: Togo's main opposition parties boycotted the election because
of EYADEMA's alleged manipulation of 1998 presidential polling; in
March of 1999, opposition parties entered into negotiations with the
president over the establishment of an independent electoral
commission and a new round of legislative elections, now scheduled
for October 2001

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), Jeane-Pierre
FABRE, general secretary in Togo]; Union of Independent Liberals or
ULI [Jacques AMOUZO]

note: Rally of the Togolese People or RPT, led by President
EYADEMA, was the only party until the formation of multiple parties
was legalized 12 April 1991

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, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU,
MIPONUH, NAM, OAU, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WADB,
WAEMU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador
Akoussoulelov BODJONA

chancery: 2208 Massachusetts A