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Political Parties In Togo
This article lists political parties in Togo. Togo is a one party dominant state with the Union for the Republic in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. Active parties Parties represented in the National Assembly Other parties *Action Committee for Renewal (''Comité d'Action pour la Renouveau'') * Believers' Movement for Equality and Peace (''Mouvement des croyants pour l'égalité et la paix'') * Citizens' Movement for Democracy and Development (''Mouvement Citoyen pour la Démocratie et le Développement'') * Communist Party of Togo (''Parti Comuniste du Togo'') * Coordination of New Forces (''Coordination des Forces Nouvelles'') * Democratic Alliance for the Fatherland (''Alliance Démocratique pour la Patrie'') * Democratic Convention of African Peoples (''Convention démocratique des peuples africains'') * Juvento * Movement of Centrist Republicans (''Mouvement des républicains centristes'') * N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Togo
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the least developed countries and extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its capital city, capital, Lomé, is located. It is a small, tropical country, spanning with a population of approximately 8 million, and it has a width of less than between Ghana and its eastern neighbour Benin. Various peoples settled the boundaries of present-day Togo between the 11th and 16th centuries. Between the 16th and 18th centuries, the coastal region served primarily as a Atlantic slave trade, European slave trading outpost, earning Togo and the surrounding region the name "The Slave Coast of West Africa, Slave Coast". In 1884, during the scramble for Africa, German Empire, Germany established a protectorate in the region called Togoland. After World War I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressivism
Progressivism is a Left-right political spectrum, left-leaning political philosophy and Reformism, reform political movement, movement that seeks to advance the human condition through social reform. Adherents hold that progressivism has universal application and endeavor to spread this idea to human societies everywhere. Progressivism arose during the Age of Enlightenment out of the belief that civility in Europe was improving due to the application of new Empirical evidence, empirical knowledge.Harold Mah''Enlightenment Phantasies: Cultural Identity in France and Germany, 1750–1914'' Cornell University. (2003). p. 157. In modern political discourse, progressivism is often associated with social liberalism, a left-leaning type of liberalism, and social democracy. Within economic progressivism, there is some ideological variety on the social liberal to social democrat continuum, as well as occasionally some variance on cultural issues; examples of this include some Christian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Popular Dynamic
The New Popular Dynamic (''Nouvelle Dynamique Populaire'') is a political party in Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the le .... The party participated in the October 2007 parliamentary election, but did not win any seats."Le RPT remporte les premières élections pluralistes" , Republicoftogo.com, October 30, 2007 . References Political parties in Togo {{Togo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movement Of Centrist Republicans
The Movement of Centrist Republicans (, MRC) is a political party in Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the le .... History In the 2007 parliamentary elections the party received 0.1% of the vote and failed to win a seat.Le RPT remporte les premières élections pluralistes Republic of Togo, 30 October 2007 It joined the Save Togo Collective prior to the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juvento
Juvento, also known as the Mouvement de Jeunesse Togolaise (lit. ''Togolese Youth Movement''), is a social democratic political party in Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the le .... History The party was formed 25 September 1951 as a radical youth wing of the Committee of Togolese Unity (CUT). It ran in alliance with the CUT in the 1952 Territorial Assembly elections, with the two parties winning nine of the 30 seats. It did not contest the 1955 elections and failed to win a seat in the 1958 elections, when it received just 0.2% of the vote. The following year it split from the CUT to become a standalone party.Helm, p64 Following the 1963 coup it was one of four parties to join the Reconciliation and National Union, which presented a single list in the 1963 parl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Convention Of African Peoples
The Democratic Convention of African Peoples (, CDPA) is a political party in Togo. It is a consultative member of Socialist International. History The party was based in Ivory Coast until 1989 when it was forced to leave by President Félix Houphouët-Boigny. In the same year some of its members were arrested for handing out anti-government literature; when they were put on trial in 1990, large demonstrations in Lomé led to several deaths. The CDPA boycotted the August 1993 presidential elections and the February 1994 parliamentary elections. Its Secretary-General, Léopold Gnininvi, was a candidate in the June 1998 presidential elections, but received less than 1% of the vote and taking fifth place. The CDPA did not take part in the 2002 parliamentary elections, as it was part of the Coalition of Democratic Forces, which called for a boycott. Gnininvi initially registered as the CDPA's candidate in the June 2003 presidential elections, but announced his withdrawal from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Alliance For The Fatherland
The Democratic Alliance for the Fatherland (, ADP), also known as simply L'Alliance, is a political party in Togo. History The ADP was formed as an opposition party in September 2005 by former Prime Minister Agbéyomé Kodjo Messan Agbéyomé Gabriel Kodjo (12 October 1954 – 3 March 2024) was a Togolese politician who served as Heads of Government of Togo, Prime Minister of Togo from 29 August 2000 to 27 June 2002. Life and career Kodjo was born in Tokpli, now in ... and former National Assembly President Dahuku Péré. the President of the Alliance is vacant. The Alliance participated in the October 2007 parliamentary elections, nominating 104 candidates (including substitutes) in 19 prefectures, as well as Lomé. Republic of Togo, 13 September 2007 Howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coordination Of New Forces . In the February 1994 parliamentary elections the ...
Coordination of New Forces (, CFN) is a political party in Togo led by Joseph Kokou Koffigoh. History The CFN was initially a coalition composed of three political parties—the Democratic Union for Renewal (UDR), the Socio-Liberal Party of Togo (SOLITO) and the Alliance for the Renewal of the Nation (ARENA)—along with three associations—BASE, CODEPO, UNIFED— and led by Koffigoh, who was then transitional Prime Minister. It held its constitutive assembly on 11 June 1993 at the Palais des Congrès in Lomé Lomé ( , ) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities in Togo, largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of Togo
The Communist Party of Togo (, abbreviated PCT) is a communist party in Togo. It publishes the newspaper ''Révolution'' and has a youth wing, the Communist Youth Organisation of Togo (OJCT). History The party was established on 4 May 1980 and originally followed the political line of the Party of Labour of Albania. The PCT evolved out of the Communist Group of Togo (GCT), which was later known as Communist Organisation of Togo (OCT). References External links Official website Political parties established in 1980 Political parties in Togo Communism in Togo Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the le ... Hoxhaist parties Anti-revisionist organizations 1980 establishments in Togo International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organizations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citizens' Movement For Democracy And Development
The Citizens' Movement for Democracy and Development (, MCD) is a political party in Togo. History The party was established on 2 February 2007, and received 0.6% of the vote in the parliamentary elections later that year, failing to win a seat.Le RPT remporte les premières élections pluralistes Republic of Togo, 30 October 2007 Prior to the 2013 parliamentary elections it joined the Rainbow Alliance, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Believers' Movement For Equality And Peace
The Believers' Movement for Equality and Peace (, MOCEP) is a political party in Togo. History In the 2002 parliamentary elections the party won one of the 81 seats in the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr .... IPU It lost its seat in the 2007 parliamentary elections, when it received just 0.07% of the vote. References Political partie ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Committee For Renewal
The Action Committee for Renewal (, CAR) is an opposition political party in Togo. Dodji Apévon has led the party since 2008; previously it was led by Yawovi Agboyibo from 1991 to 2008. History Inception The Front of Associations for Renewal, which was led by Agboyibo, was transformed into the CAR in April 1991."Togo : Faure Gnassingbé nomme un Premier ministre" , infosplusgabon.com, September 16, 2006 . Parliamentary elections 1994 In the Togolese parliamentary election, 1994, February 1994 parliamentary election, the CAR initially won 36 seats, more than any other party, including the ruling Rally of the Togolese People (RPT), which won 35 seats.''Africa South of the Sahara 2004'' (2003), Routledge, pages 1,145–1,146. The CAR a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
