Chantal Yawa Djigbodi Tségan (born 1971) is a Togolese politician who was President of the country's unicameral National Assembly between January 2019 and June 2024.
Chantal Yawa Djigbodi Tségan | |
|---|---|
| President of the National Assembly of Togo | |
| In office 24 January 2019 – June 2024 | |
| President | Faure Gnassingbé |
| Prime Minister | Victoire Tomegah Dogbé |
| Preceded by | Dama Dramani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 5, 1971 |
Early life and education
editChantal 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
editTségan 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
editTségan is married and has three children.[3]
References
edit- ^ 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.