|
Kpatcha Gnassingbé (born 6 September 1970〔(List of 2007 candidates in Kozah ), CENI website .〕) is a Togolese politician. He is a son of Gnassingbé Eyadéma, who was President of Togo from 1967 to 2005, and a brother of Faure Gnassingbé, who has been President since 2005. From 2005 to 2007, Kpatcha Gnassingbé was Minister of Defense, and since 2008 he has been a Deputy in the National Assembly of Togo. In April 2009, he was arrested on suspicion on plotting to overthrow his brother. ==Political career== Gnassingbé was born in Lomé, the capital;〔 both of his parents were from northern Togo.〔("First family's grip on Togo takes tense turn" ), AFP, 16 April 2009.〕 During his father's presidency, he was closely associated with the military〔("TOGO: Hardline Gnassingbe loyalists and opposition defectors dominate new government" ), IRIN, 21 June 2005.〕 and worked as Director-General of the Company for the Administration of the Free Zone (SAZOF) in Lomé.〔("TOGO: Gnassingbe digging in as the new front man for Togo's long-ruling elite" ), IRIN, 19 February 2005.〕〔("Kpatcha retrouve son siège" ), Republicoftogo.com, 15 February 2008 .〕 Upon his father's death in February 2005, his brother Faure assumed the presidency, and on 20 June 2005 Kpatcha was appointed to the government as Minister of Defense.〔〔("Leader's brother is Togo minister" ), BBC News, 21 June 2005.〕 In the October 2007 parliamentary election, Gnassingbé was the first candidate on the candidate list of the Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) in Kozah Prefecture〔 and won a seat in the National Assembly.〔(Text of Constitutional Court decision (final election results) ), 30 October 2007 .〕 However, he resigned from the National Assembly on 26 November 2007 due to incompatibility of functions, as he was still serving as Minister of Defense.〔 Gnassingbé was excluded from the government that was appointed on 13 December 2007,〔("Léopold Gnininvi aux Affaires étrangères" ), Republicoftogo.com, 13 December 2007 .〕 and subsequently he sought to regain his parliamentary seat. He therefore resigned as Director-General of SAZOF and as head of the Board of Directors of the Togolese Cotton Company (SOTOCO), and he informed the President of the National Assembly of his willingness to take his seat again on 12 February 2008; accordingly, the Constitutional Court restored him to his seat in a decision issued on 14 February 2008, as he no longer held any positions incompatible with the role of Deputy.〔 Kpatcha Gnassingbé was viewed as a hard-liner within the RPT regime, while his brother Faure was seen as having more reformist tendencies.〔("Togo president's brother charged over alleged plot" ), AFP, 15 April 2009.〕 He was a member of the RPT Political Bureau.〔("Cops nab ten civilians over Togo coup" ), Sapa-AFP (''IOL''), 1 May 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kpatcha Gnassingbé」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|