Issifou Tabiou Taffa
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Issifou Taffa Tabiou is a Togolese political figure who has been President of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) in Togo since October 2009.
Life and career
[edit]Tabiou Taffa is from Bassar in the Kara Region of northern Togo. He worked as Director of the Cabinet of the Ministry of Technical Education and Vocational Training for a time and was a member of CENI during the April 2005 presidential election as well as the October 2007 parliamentary election. He was subsequently a Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Territorial Administration,[1] and he was sworn in as one of the 17 members of CENI on 1 September 2009, in preparation for the 2010 presidential election. Tabiou Taffa was appointed to CENI as one of three representatives of civil society.[2]
Henri Kolani was subsequently elected as CENI President, but the opposition rejected the choice of Kolani and the resulting controversy interfered with CENI's work.[3] Tabiou Taffa was then elected by consensus as President of CENI on 14 October 2009,[1][3] resolving the controversy.[3] Tabiou Taffa was not a member of any political party and was an obscure figure at the time of his election as CENI President.[1] On that occasion, he stressed that CENI's work would be "collegial".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Un homme libre", République Togolaise website, 15 October 2009 (in French).
- ^ "Les membres de la Céni ont prêté serment", République Togolaise website, 1 September 2009 (in French).
- ^ a b c d "Le président nouveau est arrivé !"[permanent dead link], République Togolaise website, 14 October 2009 (in French).
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