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togo*

H.E. Tchambakou AYASSOR,
President, CENI

PArt i 10. Language (s)
French (official)
CoUNtrY ProfiLE
11. Literacy Levels
Male: 77.26% Female: 51.24%
1. Official Name
République Togolaise Total: 63.75% (2015)
PArt ii
2. Government
Republic since years under transition to multiparty LEgisLAtivE sYstEM
democratic rule

3. Head of State Designation LEGISLATURE
President Faure GNASSINGBE
1. Structure of National Legislature:
4. Head of government Designation Unicameral
Prime Minister Komi KLASSOU
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English

5. Capital Assemblee Nationale (National Assembly)
Lome
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
6. Currency nominated
CFA Franc (Communaute Financiere Africaine) Through closed-list proportional representation
(XOF) system, 91 members are elected. There are 30
multi-member constituencies. 10 members are
7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) elected by The Grand Lome constituency. 3 con-
Adja-Ewe/Mina 42.4%, Kabye/Tem 25.9%, Pa- stituencies elect 4 members each, 17 constitu-
ra-Gourma/Akan 17.1%, Akposso/Akebu 4.1%, encies elect 3 members each and 2 members are
Ana-Ife 3.2%, other Togolese 1.7%, foreigners 5.2% elected by 9 constituencies

8. Date of Independence 4. Popular House
27 April 1960 Assemblee Nationale

9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution 5. Type of Electoral System
5th May 1963 Closed list Proportional System

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