Long-form name: Republic of Togo

Type: republic; one-party presidential regime

Capital: Lome

Administrative divisions: 21 circumscriptions (circonscriptions, singular--circonscription); Amlame, Aneho, Atakpame, Badou, Bafilo, Bassar, Dapaong, Kante, Klouto, Kpagouda, Lama-Kara, Lome, Mango, Niamtougou, Notse, Sotouboua, Tabligbo, Tchamba, Tchaoudjo, Tsevie, Vogan

Independence: 27 April 1960 (from UN trusteeship under French administration, formerly French Togo)

Constitution: 30 December 1979, effective 13 January 1980

Legal system: French-based court system with a court of appeals

National holiday: Liberation Day (anniversary of coup), 13 January (1967)

Branches: strong executive president; unicameral legislature (National Assembly); separate judiciary, including State Security Court, established in 1970; the Constitution, endorsed by referendum in 1979, provides for an elective presidential system and a 67-member National Assembly

Leader: @m5Chief of State and Head of Government President Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA (since 14 April 1967)

Suffrage: universal adult

Elections: to be held every seven years; last held in December 1986; General Eyadema, the sole candidate, was elected by almost 100% of votes cast

Political party: single party formed by President Eyadema in September 1969, Rally of the Togolese People (RPT); structure and staffing of party closely controlled by government

Communists: no Communist party

Member of: AfDB, CEAO (observer), EAMA, ECA, ECOWAS, ENTENTE, FAO, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ITU, Lome Convention, NAM, OAU, OCAM, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Ellom-Kodjo SCHUPPIUS; Chancery at 2208 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20008; telephone (202) 234-4212 or 4213; US--Ambassador Rush W. TAYLOR, Jr.; Embassy at Rue Pelletier Caventou and Rue Vauban, Lome (mailing address is B. P. 852, Lome); telephone �228� 21-29-91 through 94 and 21-36-09

Flag: five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; there is a white five-pointed star on a red square in the upper hoist-side corner; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

NOTE: The information regarding Togo on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Togo Government 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Togo Government 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.