Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové

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Jean-Lucien Kwassi Lanyo Savi de Tové (born 7 May 1939) is a Togolese politician and civil servant who has been serving as the fifth president of Togo since 2025. A member of the Pan-African Patriotic Convergence (CPP), he was previously the Minister of Trade, Industry and Handicrafts in the governments of Edem Kodjo and Yawovi Agboyibo from 2005 to 2007.
A former opposition leader, Savi de Tové was imprisoned several times during the presidency of Gnassingbé Eyadéma before joining the government. After the founding of the Pan-African Patriotic Convergence (CPP) in 1999, Savi de Tové was appointed vice president. In the 2007 parliamentary election, he was a candidate for the National Assembly, but then lost. In December of that year, he was dismissed from the government which was also the same day where he subsequently resigned as vice president of the CPP.
In May 2025, Savi de Tové was unanimously elected president by the National Assembly following a 2024 constitutional reform which changed the presidency from being an executive leader elected by direct popular vote to being a ceremonial role indirectly elected by the National Assembly, with most of the previous powers held by the…