Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe has named Komi Selom Klassou as the country's new prime minister.
Klassou, the first vice president of the national assembly and former sports and primary education minister, succeeds Kwesi Seleagodji Ahoomey-Zunu, who resigned his post on May 22.
Gnassingbe was sworn in for his third term as president on May 4 after winning nearly 59% of the vote.
Klassou, 55, is a key member of the ruling Union for the Republic (UNIR) party and has held the position of vice president of the national assembly since 2007.
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