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Togo Page |
Welcome to ElectionInfo.com's pages on Togo
Official Name: Republic of Togo
Capital: Lomé
Area: 56,790 square kilometres (21,927 square miles)
Major cities (Population)
Lomé 513,000 (1990 estimate)
Sokodé 55,000 (1987 estimate)
Population: 4,138,000 (1995 estimate)
Population growth rate: 3.2 per cent (1990-1995 average)
Type of government: Republic under transition to multi-party democratic rule
Independence: 27 April 1960 (from United Nations (UN) trusteeship under French administration)
Constitution: Multi-party draft constitution sent to High Council of the Republic for approval in November 1991, and then adopted by public referendum September 1992.
Voting Rights: Universal adult
Government
Togo was governed as a single-party republic—under General Gnassingbe Eyadéma's military regime—from 1969 until 1991. In 1992, following a national referendum, a new constitution re-established the country as a multi-party democracy. The new constitution vests executive power in a president who is popularly elected to a five-year term. Legislative power is exercised by a national assembly. Its 81 members also serve five-year terms. The president appoints the prime minister from among the majority in the legislature.
The highest court of Togo is the Supreme Court, at Lomé. Criminal justice is administered by two appeals courts and several special tribunals. A tribunal of state security was established in 1970.
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