Komlan Mally
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| President | Faure Gnassingbé |
| Preceded by | Yawovi Agboyibo |
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| Political party | RPT |
Komlan Mally (born December 12, 1960[1]) is a Togolese politician who has been Prime Minister of Togo since December 2007.[2]
Mally was born in Adiva in Amou Prefecture, part of Plateaux Region.[3] He currently has a newborn son named Thomas Mally. He is a member of the Rally of the Togolese People (RPT)[1][2][4] and part of its Central Committee.[2] He served as Prefect of Wawa Prefecture from March 1996 to October 1999,[3] and subsequently he was Prefect of Golfe Prefecture from 2002 to 2006.[5] In September 2006 he was appointed as Minister of Town and City Planning in the government of Prime Minister Yawovi Agboyibo, in which position he served until December 2007.[1][2][4] He was elected as an RPT candidate to the National Assembly in the October 2007 parliamentary election[1][2][4][6] from Amou Prefecture.[6]
Following the 2007 election, Mally was appointed as Prime Minister by President Faure Gnassingbé on December 3, 2007.[1][2][4] At the time of his appointment he was considered a relative unknown in Togolese politics,[2][5] and his appointment was contrary to expectations that an opposition figure would be named Prime Minister.[5] Gilchrist Olympio of the opposition Union of the Forces of Change (UFC) described Mally as "some sort of civil servant, unknown to the public, unknown to the political class", and predicted that Mally's government would be short-lived due to the talks between Gnassingbé and the opposition.[7]
Mally took office in a ceremony on December 6,[8] and his government was named on December 13. It includes 21 ministers (aside from Mally himself) and is primarily composed of members of the RPT; the two main opposition parties, the Union of the Forces of Change (UFC) and the Action Committee for Renewal (CAR), were not included in the government.[9] Mally addressed the National Assembly with his policy program on December 17, in which he said that the four main priorities of his government would be "consolidation of the Togolese Nation; formation of solid bases of growth and development; improvement of the conditions of access to the essential services; and the reaffirmation of Togo's place in the community of nations." This was approved by the National Assembly with 42 votes in favor, 41 from the RPT and one from the CAR; three deputies from the CAR voted against it and the UFC did not participate in the vote.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e "Komlan Mally becomes Togo’s new Prime Minister", African Press Agency, December 3, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Komlan Mally à la barre", Republicoftogo.com, December 3, 2007 (French).
- ^ a b "Le Nouveau Premier Ministre Togolais", radiolome.tg (French).
- ^ a b c d "Togo: Komla Mally nommé Premier ministre", Panapress (afriquenligne.fr), December 3, 2007 (French).
- ^ a b c "Mally « aime le travail bien fait »", Republicoftogo.com, December 4, 2007 (French).
- ^ a b Text of Constitutional Court decision (final election results), October 30, 2007 (French).
- ^ Jade Heilmann, "Selection of New Togo PM Angers Opposition", VOA News, December 4, 2007.
- ^ "Une nouvelle ère politique s’ouvre pour le Togo, selon le Premier ministre Komlan Mally", African Press Agency, December 6, 2007 (French).
- ^ "Léopold Gnininvi aux Affaires étrangères", Republicoftogo.com, December 13, 2007 (French).
- ^ "Mally prône une refondation de la Nation togolaise", Republicoftogo.com, December 17, 2007 (French).
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