Komlan Mally

Infobox Prime Minister
name = Komlan Mally
order = Prime Minister of Togo
president = Faure Gnassingbé
term_start = 6 December 2007
term_end = 8 September 2008
predecessor = Yawovi Agboyibo
successor = Gilbert Houngbo
birth_date = bda|1960|12|12|df=y
party =

Komlan Mally (born December 12 1960 [http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article_eng&id_article=48437 "Komlan Mally becomes Togo’s new Prime Minister"] , African Press Agency, December 3, 2007.] ) is a Togolese politician who served as Prime Minister of Togo from December 2007 to September 2008. [http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/6494165.html "Togolese prime minister resigns after less than one year in office"] , Xinhua ("People's Daily Online"), September 6, 2008.] He has been Minister of State for Health since September 2008. [http://www.republicoftogo.com/central.php?o=1&s=0&d=3&i=2444 "L’équipe autour de Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo"] , Republicoftogo.com, 15 September 2008 fr icon.]

Mally was born in Adiva in Amou Prefecture, part of Plateaux Region. [http://www.radiolome.tg/template.php?pg=affichenews&idnews=5871 "Le Nouveau Premier Ministre Togolais"] , radiolome.tg fr icon.] He is a member of the Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) [http://www.republicoftogo.com/central.php?o=1&s=0&d=3&i=1327 "Komlan Mally à la barre"] , Republicoftogo.com, December 3, 2007 fr icon.] [http://www.afriquenligne.fr/actualites/politique/togo%3a-komla-mally-nomme-premier-ministre-2007120312652/ "Togo: Komla Mally nommé Premier ministre"] , Panapress (afriquenligne.fr), December 3, 2007 fr icon.] and part of its Central Committee. [ [http://www.rpt.tg/Default.aspx?tabid=596 List of members of the RPT Central Committee] (as of December 2006), RPT website fr icon.] He served as Prefect of Wawa Prefecture from March 1996 to October 1999, and subsequently he was Prefect of Golfe Prefecture from 2002 to 2006. [http://www.republicoftogo.com/central.php?o=5&s=1&d=3&i=1333 "Mally « aime le travail bien fait »"] , Republicoftogo.com, December 4, 2007 fr icon.] In September 2006 he was appointed as Minister of Town and City Planning in the government of Prime Minister Yawovi Agboyibo, in which position he served until December 2007. He was elected as an RPT candidate to the National Assembly in the October 2007 parliamentary election [http://www.cenitogo.tg/resultats/Resultats_definitifs_des_elections_legislatives_du_14_octobre_2007_%20proclames_par_la_Cour_Constitutionnelle.do.pdf Text of Constitutional Court decision (final election results)] , October 30, 2007 fr icon.] from Amou Prefecture.

Following the 2007 election, Mally was appointed as Prime Minister by President Faure Gnassingbé on December 3 2007. At the time of his appointment he was considered a relative unknown in Togolese politics, and his appointment was contrary to expectations that an opposition figure would be named Prime Minister. Gilchrist Olympio of the opposition Union of the Forces of Change (UFC) described Mally as "some sort of civil servant, unknown to the public, unknown to the political class", and predicted that Mally's government would be short-lived due to the talks between Gnassingbé and the opposition. [Jade Heilmann, [http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-12-04-voa53.cfm "Selection of New Togo PM Angers Opposition"] , VOA News, December 4, 2007.]

Mally took office in a ceremony on December 6, [ [http://apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article&id_article=48714 "Une nouvelle ère politique s’ouvre pour le Togo, selon le Premier ministre Komlan Mally"] , African Press Agency, December 6, 2007 fr icon.] and his government was named on December 13. It includes 21 ministers (aside from Mally himself) and is primarily composed of members of the RPT; the two main opposition parties, the Union of the Forces of Change (UFC) and the Action Committee for Renewal (CAR), were not included in the government. [ [http://www.republicoftogo.com/central.php?o=5&s=1&d=3&i=1395 "Léopold Gnininvi aux Affaires étrangères"] , Republicoftogo.com, December 13, 2007 fr icon.] Mally addressed the National Assembly with his policy programme on December 17, in which he said that the four main priorities of his government would be "consolidation of the Togolese Nation; formation of solid bases of growth and development; improvement of the conditions of access to the essential services; and the reaffirmation of Togo's place in the community of nations." [http://www.republicoftogo.com/central.php?o=5&s=1&d=3&i=1407 "Mally prône une refondation de la Nation togolaise"] , Republicoftogo.com, December 17, 2007 fr icon.] This was approved by the National Assembly with 42 votes in favor, 41 from the RPT and one from the CAR; three deputies from the CAR voted against it and the UFC did not participate in the vote. [http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?article49704 "L’UFC désapprouve le programme d’action du Premier Ministre togolais, Komlan Mally"] , African Press Agency, December 18, 2007 fr icon.] The UFC refused to vote on the grounds that there was not enough time given to analyze the programme; it also felt that, because 10 UFC deputies requested that the vote on the programme be conducted through secret ballot, it was a violation of procedure to not use a secret ballot.

Mally submitted his resignation on 5 September 2008, and Gnassingbé accepted it. According to a press release from the presidency, "the main task of [Mally's] government was to renew our country's links with the international community", and it said that Mally's government had accomplished this goal, opening Togo "to new opportunities". Gnassingbé congratulated Mally and his government. [ [http://www.republicoftogo.com/central.php?o=5&s=1&d=3&i=2391 "Démission du Premier ministre"] , Republicoftogo.com, 7 September 2008 fr icon.] Gilbert Houngbo was appointed to replace Mally on 7 September, [ [http://www.republicoftogo.com/central.php?o=5&s=1&d=3&i=2398 "Le patron du Pnud Afrique nommé Premier ministre"] , Republicoftogo.com, 7 September 2008 fr icon.] and he succeeded Mally on 8 September. [ [http://www.republicoftogo.com/central.php?o=5&s=1&d=3&i=2406 "Reprise de la coopération et gestion de crise"] , Republicoftogo.com, 8 September 2008 fr icon.]

In Houngbo's government, which was named on 15 September 2008, Mally was included as Minister of State for Health.

Family

As of 2008, Mally has a newborn son named Thomas.Fact|date=September 2008

References

Succession box
title = Prime Minister of Togo
before = Yawovi Agboyibo
years = 2007 – 2008
after = Gilbert Houngbo