Yawa Djigbodi Tségan

Togolese politician

Chantal Yawa Djigbodi Tségan

President of the National Assembly of Togo
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 January 2019
President	Faure Gnassingbé
Prime Minister	Victoire Tomegah Dogbé
Preceded by	Dama Dramani

Personal details
Born	(1971-08-05) August 5, 1971 (age 52)

Chantal Yawa Djigbodi Tségan (born 1971) is a Togolese politician who has been President of the country's unicameral National Assembly since January 2019.

Early life and education

Chantal Yawa Djigbodi Tségan was born on 5 August 1971 in Kpélé-Agavé in Kloto.^[1] She has a Master's in Business Law from the University of Benin in Togo and a Diploma of Tax Inspection from the National School of Taxes of Clermont-Ferrand in France.^[1]

Career

Tségan was a tax inspector, working for the Large Enterprises Department.^[1]^[2] She also worked at the Directorate General of Taxes and in October 2010 became chief of staff for the Ministry of Transport.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Tségan was elected to the National Assembly to represent Kloto-Kpelé in July 2013 and again in December 2018, when she became first quaestor of the Assembly.^[1]^[2]^[4] She is a member of President Faure Gnassingbe's party, Union for the Republic (UNIR) and has been treasurer since October 2017.^[2]^[5]^[6]

Tségan was elected President of the Assembly on 23 January 2019 with 88 of 89 votes, and is the first woman to hold the position.^[7]^[8] However, her elevation to the position has been criticised by members of the opposition as part of Gnassingbe's attempts to paint a picture of democracy despite ongoing "repression and suffering".^[9]

In December 2020, Tségan led the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie observation mission reporting on the general election in Niger, declaring that the elections took place "under peaceful and transparent conditions."^[10]

Personal life

Tségan is married and has three children.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "BIOGRAPHIE SOMMAIRE DE LA PRESIDENTE DE L'ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE" (in French). Assemblée Nationale Togolaise.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Togo : Yawa Tsegan Djigbodi becomes the first president of the national assembly in the history of the country". Togo First. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Qui est Yawa Tsegan, la nouvelle présidente de l'Assemblée nationale?" (in French). Alome.com. 24 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ "Togo : Yawa Djigbodi Tségan, première femme élue présidente de l'Assemblée nationale" (in French). Jeune Afrique. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ "Togo : Chantal Yawa Tsègan, la femme la plus puissante de la politique togolaise" (in French). TogoMatin. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ "Togo elects first female head of National Assembly". Agence France Presse. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ "Togo elects first female head of National Assembly". SABC News. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ "Yawa Tsegan elected first female Speaker of Togo's parliament". APA-Lome. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ Ahlijah, Wolali K. (4 February 2019). "Faure Gnassingbé: Togo's Master of Tricks". Vanguard Africa. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ "Élections au Niger - LA MISSION D'OBSERVATION DE L'OIF CONDUITE PAR YAWA TSEGAN DONNE SON QUITUS AU PROCESSUS ELECTORAL" (in French). Togo Reveil. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.