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
National holiday: Liberation Day (anniversary of coup), 13 January (1967)
Executive branch: president, Council of Ministers (cabinet)
Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale)
Judicial branch: Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel), Supreme Court
(Cour Supreme)
Leaders:
Chief of State and Head of Government—President Gen. Gnassingbe
EYADEMA (since 14 April 1967)
Political parties and leaders: only party—Rally of the Togolese
People (RPT), President Eyadema
Suffrage: universal adult at age NA