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The current head of state has won the elections in Togo

Tags: Togo, Faure Gnassingbe, elections, Politics, News, World
 
Mar 7, 2010 04:30 Moscow Time
Faure Gnassingbe. Photo: EPA
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In the presidential elections in Togo, the acting head of state Faure Gnassingbe has won the election. An appropriate statement made by the representatives of the Togolese electoral commission. Gnassingbe won about 1.2 million votes, representing approximately 60.9 per cent of the total votes, while his rival, the leader of the opposition party of the Republic of Togo, Jean-Pierre Fabre has received only about 692.5 thousand votes, reports the Associated Press. On March 4th of this year the first elections in the republic were held. Prior to that, hundreds of people had been the victims of riots, which started in Togo after the death of former President Gnassingbe Eyadema in February 2005. After his death the post of head of state was taken by his son, Faure Gnassingbe, who is still the president of the country. Dynasty Eyadema of Togo has been in power since the 1960's.

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