Yawovi Agboyibo
Yawovi Madji Agboyibo (born 31 December 1943[1]) has been Prime Minister of Togo since 20 September 2006. He is also National President of the Action Committee for Renewal (CAR) party.
Agboyibo was born in Kouvé in Yoto Prefecture. He became a lawyer and was active as an advocate for human rights. From 1985 to 1991, he was a member of the National Assembly as an independent. He was a leading participant in the struggle for democracy in the early 1990s and was President of the Front of Associations for Revival. Following the 1991 National Conference, he was a member of the High Council of the Republic, which acted as the transitional legislature, from 1991 to 1992. He also became President of the Action Committee for Renewal (CAR). He was elected to the National Assembly in the 1994 parliamentary election, serving there until 1999; during this time he was President of the CAR Parliamentary Group.[1] Following the election, the CAR and its ally, the Togolese Union for Democracy (UTD), proposed Agboyibo as Prime Minister in March 1994, but subsequently three seats (two for the CAR and one for the UTD) were invalidated, narrowly depriving the alliance of its majority.[2]
Agboyibo was the CAR's candidate in the June 2003 presidential election, taking third place with 5.13% of the vote.[3]
Regionally, Agboyibo was President of the Union of African Parties for Democracy and Development from 1996 to 2004 and has been Vice-President of the Union of African Parties for Democracy and Development - West Africa since 2005.[1]
In 1999, Agboyibo became head of the CAR delegation to the Inter-Togolese Dialogue.[1] He was general coordinator of the opposition during the April 2005 presidential election;[1][4] on 23 April, the day before the election, which was marked by violence and accusations of fraud, he denounced the election as "an electoral masquerade".[4] On 22 April 2006[5] he was elected as the consensus choice for the position of President of the Bureau of the Inter-Togolese Dialogue, which ran from 21 April to 20 August 2006.[1]
His appointment as Prime Minister was announced on 16 September 2006 and he formed a government, composed of 35 ministers, four days later.[6]
In the October 2007 parliamentary election, Agboyibo is running as a CAR candidate in Yoto Prefecture.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Yawovi Agboyibo : un homme de consensus", Republicoftogo.com, January 11, 2007 (French).
- ^ Africa South of the Sahara 2004 (2003), Routledge, page 1,145.
- ^ Africa South of the Sahara 2004 (2003), Routledge, page 1,148.
- ^ a b Michael Kamber, "Voters Throng Polling Stations for Togo's Presidential Election", The New York Times, April 25, 2005.
- ^ "Togolese opposition leader named to head national reconciliation agency", Republicoftogo.com, April 22, 2006.
- ^ "Formation du nouveau gouvernement au Togo", Panapress (Afrik.com), September 20, 2006 (French).
- ^ List of CAR candidates, Republicoftogo.com (French).
| Preceded by Edem Kodjo |
Prime Minister of
Togo 2006–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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