Faure Gnassingbe sworn in as president of Togo's highest executive office

Faure Gnassingbe is sworn in as President of Togo's highest executive office. According to the constitutional reform enacted last May, the west African country shifted from a presidential to parliamentary system.

The original role of President of the Republic has become a ceremonial post, and instead the President of the Council of Ministers would represent the majority party in the National Assembly. That role is currently slated for Gnassingbe, whose Union for the Republic party (UNIR) won 108 of the 113 parliamentary seats last year.