Bonfoh Abass was the President of the National Assembly of Togo from February 2005 to July 2013.
10 Facts About Bonfoh Abass
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Bonfoh Abass was re-elected from Bassar in the October 2002 parliamentary election.
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Bonfoh Abass, who was First Vice-President of the National Assembly at the time, was elected as President of the National Assembly and thus became acting President of Togo prior to a new presidential election.
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Bonfoh Abass was a strong supporter of Gnassingbe, and was deemed a "chairwarmer" by some of his opponents because his temporary assumption of the presidency was meant to enable Gnassingbe to eventually become president in a seemingly more legitimate way.
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On 23 April 2005, Bonfoh Abass dismissed the interior minister for advocating a delay in the election amidst massive street protests.
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Bonfoh Abass actively campaigned for Gnassingbe prior to the March 2010 presidential election.
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Bonfoh Abass particularly noted the importance of improving the availability of potable water, quality education, and medicine, and he anticipated that Gnassingbe would make continued progress on those issues.
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Bonfoh Abass discussed the need to move forward with institutional and constitutional reforms, anticipating that relevant draft laws would soon be submitted to the National Assembly and quickly approved.
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Bonfoh Abass dismissed rumors of an impending dissolution of the National Assembly.
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Bonfoh Abass was a member of the Political Bureau of the RPT and a member of the RPT Central Committee from Bassar Prefecture as of the RPT's Ninth Ordinary Congress in December 2006.