Lion; national colors: green, yellow, red, white.
Title | "Salut a toi, pays de nos aieux" (Hail to Thee, Land of Our Forefathers) |
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Lyric/music | Alex CASIMIR-DOSSEH |
Date of Independence | 27 April 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship) |
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National holiday | Independence Day, 27 April (1960) |
Legal system | customary law system |
International law organization participation | accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; non-party state to the ICCt |
Constitution | |
History | Several previous; latest adopted 27 September 1992, effective 14 October 1992; revised 6 May 2024 |
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 2024 (reported as a revision) |
Citizenship | |
Citizenship by birth | no |
Citizenship by descent only | at least one parent must be a citizen of Togo |
Dual citizenship recognized | yes |
Residency requirement for naturalization | 5 years |
Executive Branch | |
Chief of state | President Faure GNASSINGBE (since 4 May 2005) |
Head of government | Prime Minister Victoire TOMEGAH Dogbé (since 25 September 2020) |
Cabinet | Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister |
Elections/appointments | president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 22 February 2020 (next to be held in 2025); prime minister appointed by the president note- on 21 May 2024 the Prime Minister and her cabinet resigned. The President requested they continue serving during the government transition. |
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%
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Legislative branch | |
Description | Unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (113 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 29 April 2024 (next election April 2029) |
Election results | Percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UNIR 108, ADDI 2, ANC 1, DMP 1, FDR 1 composition - men 92, women 21, percentage of women elected 18.6% |
Judicial branch | |
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, including 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 |
Diplomatic representation in the US | |
Chief of mission | Ambassador Frédéric 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 | [email protected] https://embassyoftogousa.com/ |
Diplomatic representation from the US | |
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 | [email protected] https://tg.usembassy.gov/ |
National heritage | |
Total World Heritage Sites | 1 (cultural) |
Selected World Heritage Site locales | Koutammakou; the Land of the Batammariba |
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