Togolese Prime Minister, Komi Selom Klassou, and his government have resigned in a political reshuffle delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Klassou has served as prime minister since 2015.
The country’s president, Faure Gnassingbe, who won re-election in February, is set to appoint a new PM shortly.
Gnassingbe, disclosed the development in a statement on the presidency’s official website on Friday, congratulating the Cabinet for its work while in office.
Gnassingbe congratulated Klassou and his team for their “economic, political and social efforts and the encouraging results despite the health crisis around the world.”
A governmental change has been anticipated since President Gnassingbe re-election which extended his 15-year-old rule and a family dynasty that began when his father took power in a 1967 coup.
The presidency did not say when a new prime minister would be appointed.
Ahead of the February election, a fractured opposition struggled to launch a concerted campaign to unseat Gnassingbe despite widespread disaffection with his leadership of the small West African country of 8 million people.
