Bonfoh was born in
Kabou,
Bassar Prefecture. From 1980 to 1985, he was Regional Director of Educational Planning in
Kpalimé, and in August 1986 he became Regional Director of Educational Planning in
Kara, standing as the RPT candidate in the Third Constituency of Bassar Prefecture and winning the seat with 90.68% of the vote. and he was successful in winning a seat. On 24 November 2007, he was re-elected as President of the National Assembly. Abass actively campaigned for Gnassingbé prior to the
March 2010 presidential election. Following the election, in which Gnassingbé won a second term, Abass said in May 2010 that the people wanted "tangible achievements" and that Gnassingbé was delivering them. He particularly noted the importance of improving the availability of potable water, quality education, and medicine, and he anticipated that Gnassingbé would make continued progress on those issues. Abass also 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. He dismissed rumors of an impending dissolution of the National Assembly. Following the
July 2013 parliamentary election,
Dama Dramani, another Gnassingbé loyalist, was elected to succeed Abass on 2 September 2013.
Party positions Bonfoh 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. ==References==