Election The president of the Republic is indirectly elected by an
electoral college composed of members of the
National Assembly and the
Senate for a mandate of four years. The president is re-eligible for a second term as there is a two-term limit for the president in the
Constitution of Togo which was reinstated in 2019. This limit has been lifted for
Gnassingbé Eyadéma in 2002 and for
Faure Gnassingbé in 2019. This college must be convened by the
President of the National Assembly within thirty days preceding the end of the outgoing President's term. If the National Assembly is dissolved or if the end of the current legislature is less than three months away, the presidential election shall be convened within forty-five days following the installation of the new legislature. In the event of the permanent incapacity of the incumbent President of the Republic, the meeting of the electors shall be convened no later than forty-five days following the premature end of the outgoing President's term. To be elected, a candidate must be nominated by one of the parliamentary groups in the National Assembly, be of exclusively Togolese nationality by birth, be over 50 years of age at the time of the election, enjoy full civil and political rights, and have resided in the country for more than one year. Finally, they must have been certified by three doctors accredited by the
Constitutional Court as being in a general state of physical and mental well-being. In the first two rounds, the candidate who achieves an absolute majority of the total number of members of the electoral college is elected. In the third round, the required majority is lowered to a simple majority.
Oath of office Before he enters into office, the president of the Republic swears before the Constitutional Court meeting in solemn hearing, in these terms:
Vacancy In case of a vacancy of the presidency of the Republic by death, resignation or definitive incapacity, the presidential function is exercised provisionally by the
president of the National Assembly. The vacancy is declared by the Constitutional Court referred to [the matter] by the Government. The Government convokes the electoral body within sixty (60) days of the opening of the vacancy for the election of a new president of the Republic. ==Residences==