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Article: Togolese parliament approves late president's son as speaker
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- February 7, 2005
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Togolese parliament approves late president's son as speaker
LOME, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Togolese lawmakers on Sunday approved
Faure Gnassingbe, son of the country's late president who died
Saturday, as the speaker of parliament, paving the way for him to
take over presidency.
The motion to appoint Faure Gnassingbe as the speaker of the 81-
member national assembly was approved by all 67 deputies present in
parliament.
Late president Gnassingbe Eyadema died at the age of 69 after
ruling Togo for 38 years. His son Gnassingbe was later in the day
invited by the military authorities to take over power.
The swift inauguration of Eyadema's son is meant to prevent a
power vacuum, said General ...