Bonfoh Abbass
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| Born | 1948 |
| Occupation | President |
El-Hadj Bonfoh Abbass (born 1948) was the interim President of Togo from February 25, 2005 to May 4, 2005. He took that position when President Faure Gnassingbé resigned due to pressure from the international community. Bonfoh, who was First Vice-President of the National Assembly at the time, was elected President of the National Assembly and thus became acting president. Bonfoh is a strong supporter of Gnassingbé, and is known as "chairwarmer" by some of his opponents because his temporary assumption of the presidency was meant to make Gnassingbé eventually become president in a seemingly more legitimate way. On April 23, 2005, Bonfoh dismissed the interior minister for advocating a delay in presidential elections amidst massive street protests.
Gnassingbé officially won the election on April 24 and was sworn in on May 4.
In the October 2007 parliamentary election, Bonfoh is running for re-election to the National Assembly as a candidate of the ruling Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) from Bassar Prefecture.[1]
References
- ^ "Les candidats en lice", Republicoftogo.com, September 11, 2007 (French).
| Preceded by Faure Gnassingbé |
President of
Togo 2005 |
Succeeded by Faure Gnassingbé |
| Heads of state of Togo | |
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| Sylvanus
Olympio • Emmanuel Bodjollé • Nicolas Grunitzky • Kléber Dadjo • Gnassingbé Eyadéma • Faure Gnassingbé •
Bonfoh Abbass† • Faure Gnassingbé † interim |
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