Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe has re-appointed Prime Minister Gilbert Houngbo, who resigned two days ago, a presidential decree said on Friday.
"The president of the republic has renewed his confidence in Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo by deciding to re-appoint him prime minister and head of government," according to a statement published by the State House in Lomé.
Houngbo, a former UN Development Programme director for Africa, tendered his resignation on Wednesday, two days after Gnassingbe was sworn in for a second five-year term in office.
He will hold "consultations and talks with the entire political class with a view to forming a new government", the text said.
Houngbo, who has been prime minister since September 2008, was asked to stay on in a caretaker capacity until a new government is installed.
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