Rally of the Togolese People

Rassemblement du Peuple Togolais (RPT, " Assembly of the Togolese People "), was the ruling party of the West African country Togo until its dissolution in April 2012. Togo President Faure Gnassingbé was also national president of the RPT.

The RPT was founded on 27 November 1969 with the then President Gnassingbe Eyadema as a leader. Political wing of the RPT were the workers' organization, founded on January 8, 1973 CNTT ( Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs du Togo) and the women's organization UNFT ( Union Nationale des Femmes du Togo) as well as the youth organization of the RPT. With the wing UCTT ( Union des Chefs TRADITIONNELS du Togo) Eyadema tried to integrate the traditional local power structures.

After 22 years of one-party rule by the RPT, a national conference was held in July 1991, which established a transitional government, which should lead to a multi -party system. The RPT was briefly banned in November 1991, but this led to a political crisis. Eyadema - loyal soldiers took in December Prime Minister Joseph Kokou caught Koffigoh to achieve a lifting of the ban.

In the parliamentary elections of 2002 the party then won 72 of 81 seats in the National Assembly of Togo's. After the death Eyadéma in February 2005, the RPT appointed his son Faure Gnassingbé to party leaders and candidates in the presidential elections on 24 April 2005. Gnassingbé In these elections received 60.2 % of votes. In December 2006, the RPT its 9th Congress held, was elected on the Solitoki Esso for three years as general secretary.

2007 won the RPT 50 of the 81 seats in the National Assembly.

In April 2012, Gnassingbé announced the dissolution of the party. The next day, he founded a new party, the Union pour la République ( UNIR ).