Politics of Togo takes place in a framework of a presidential republic,whereby the President of Togo is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. After independence,the party system was dominated first by the authoritarian Rally for the Togolese People,and later by its successor party,Union for the Republic.
Koffi Sama was the Prime Minister of Togo from 29 June 2002 to 9 June 2005.
Édouard Kodjovi "Edem" Kodjo,was a Togolese politician and diplomat. He was Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Unity from 1978 to 1983;later,in Togo,he was a prominent opposition leader after the introduction of multi-party politics. He served as Prime Minister from 1994 to 1996 and again from 2005 to 2006. Kodjo was President of the Patriotic Pan-African Convergence (CPP). Kodjo died on April 11,2020,in Paris.
Kwassi Klutse was a Togolese politician who was the Prime Minister of Togo from 20 August 1996 to 21 May 1999.
Eugene Koffi Adoboli is a Togolese politician. He was Prime Minister of Togo from 21 May 1999 to 31 August 2000. In 2011 he was sentenced to five years in jail in absentia stemming from an embezzlement scandal while he was Prime Minister.
Solitoki Magnim Esso is a Togolese politician who has served in the government of Togo as Minister of State for Presidential Affairs since September 2013. He served in the government as Minister of Communication and Culture during the 1990s;later,he was Minister of State for the Civil Service and Administrative Reform from May 2010 to August 2012 and Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education from August 2012 to September 2013. He was elected as Secretary-General of the Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) in December 2006.
Yawovi Madji Agboyibo was a Togolese attorney and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Togo from September 2006 to December 2007 and was National President of the Action Committee for Renewal (CAR),an opposition political party,from 1991 to 2008. He was the Honorary President of the CAR.
Zarifou Ayéva is a Togolese politician and the President of the Party for Democracy and Renewal (PDR). He served in the government of Togo as a minister during the 1970s and became an opposition leader in the early 1990s. He was a minor candidate in the 1998 presidential election and later served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007.
Yao Roland Kpotsra is a Togolese diplomat and politician. He was Togo's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1996 to 2002 and again from 2007 to 2009;he was also Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2003.
Barry Moussa Barqué is a Togolese politician who served in the government of Togo under President GnassingbéEyadéma for most of the period from 1979 to 1999. He has been a Special Adviser to the President since 1999.
Komlan Mally is a Togolese politician who served as Prime Minister of Togo from December 2007 to September 2008. He was Minister of State for Health from September 2008 to June 2011.
Léopold Messan Kokou Gnininvi is a Togolese politician and the Secretary-General of the Democratic Convention of African Peoples (CDPA). A long-time opposition leader in Togo,he served in the government as Minister of State for Mines and Energy from 2006 to 2007,Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration from 2007 to 2008,and Minister of State for Industry,Crafts,and Technological Innovations from 2008 to 2009.
Komi Sélom Klassou is a Togolese politician who served as Prime Minister of Togo from 2015 to 2020. A member of the ruling Union for the Republic (UNIR),he served as Minister of Culture,Youth and Sports from 2000 to 2003,as Minister of Primary and Secondary Education from 2003 to 2007,and as First Vice-President of the National Assembly from 2007 to 2015.
Dama Dramani is a Togolese politician who was the President of the National Assembly of Togo from 2013 to 2018. He was Secretary-General of the Rally of the Togolese People (RPT),the ruling party,from 2003 to 2006,and following the 2007 parliamentary election he was President of the RPT Parliamentary Group in the National Assembly.
Kofi Esaw is a Togolese politician and diplomat who has served in the government of Togo as Minister of Justice since 2013. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2010 and subsequently served as diplomatic adviser to President Faure Gnassingbé.
Issifou Okoulou-Kantchati was a Togolese politician,who last served in the government of Togo as Minister of City Planning and Housing.
Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu is a Togolese politician who was Prime Minister of Togo from July 2012 to June 2015. He was previously Minister of Trade from March 2011 to July 2012.
Victoire Sidémého Dzidudu DogbéTomegah is a Togolese politician who has served as the prime minister of Togo since 28 September 2020. She is the first woman to hold the office.
Bernadette Essossimna Legzim-Balouki is a Togolese politician.
Alex AyitéGachin Mivedor was a Togolese engineer and politician. He held ministerial government positions,and was often seen as the civilian number two in the government of GnassingbéEyadema.
