President: Mrs. Awa NANA DABOYA
A daughter of the savannas took the helm of the High Commission for Reconciliation and Strengthening of National Unity on December 24, 2014. It is therefore with tact, selflessness, nationalism, humanism, and faith in God that she intends to fulfill the mission entrusted to her through the HCRRUN. She intends to work with passion, impartiality, and complete transparency to make reconciliation and national unity a reality in Togo.
Affectionately called Azia Awa, the President of HCRRUN devotes her free time to reading, crossword puzzles, and cooking. She values loyalty, honesty, and work well done. She abhors laziness and injustice.
Born on January 5, 1949, she has an impressive professional career. A jurist by training, she has served successively as magistrate, examining magistrate, dean of examining magistrates of Togo, matrimonial and guardianship judge, President of the Court of Appeal, President of the Independent National Electoral Commission, President of the ECOWAS Regional Court, to name but a few.
Awa Nana Daboya is the mother of three children and grandmother of about thirty grandchildren.
First Rapporteur
Mr. Evalo WIYAO
The First Rapporteur of the High Commission for Reconciliation and Strengthening of National Unity is a specialist in political history and international relations. For several years, he held the position of cabinet attaché in charge of the press at the Presidency of the Republic. Faced with the complexity of the mission entrusted to him as First Rapporteur of HCRRUN, he intends to call upon God’s help to meet the challenges and ensure that despite their differences, Togolese people can join hands.
Married and father of 4 children, he was born in 1961 in Lassa in the Kara region. Games occupy his free time; he values conciliation and detests arrogance.
Second Rapporteur
Mrs. Claudine Y. L. KPONDZO AHIANYO
She entered professional life in 1990. From 2003, she took the helm of WANEP Togo where she held the position of national coordinator for several years. Due to her extensive experience in the field of communication, leadership, conflict management and prevention, she was appointed in May 2009 as a member of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission. On December 24, 2014, she was appointed member of the High Commission for Reconciliation and Strengthening of National Unity. For her, this appointment is a divine calling to which she intends to respond with the tools that God will place at her disposal. “I intend to see it through and I will ensure that my presence at HCRRUN helps maintain the spirit and letter of the TJRC recommendations,” she confided to us.
Claudine Kpondzo Ahianyo, born in Tchamba, is married and mother of three children. A family to which she devotes herself entirely outside her working hours. She enjoys laughing and having fun; she detests ambiguous and intriguing situations.
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WHAT IS THE COMPOSITION OF HCRRUN?
Pursuant to Decree No. 2014-211/PR of December 24, 2014 on the appointment of members, the High Commission for Reconciliation and Strengthening of National Unity (HCRRUN) is composed of three members:
- A President;
- A First Rapporteur;
- A Second Rapporteur.
WHO ARE THE CURRENT MEMBERS?
- President: Mrs. Awa NANA, Retired Magistrate, former President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice;
- First Rapporteur: Dr. Evalo WIYAO, Academic, Historian;
- Second Rapporteur: Mrs. Claudine Y. L. KPONDZO AHIANYO, Literature Specialist, former member of the TJRC.
FOR HOW LONG ARE THEY APPOINTED?
The members of HCRRUN are appointed for three (3) years, renewable once, for an identical or different period (Article 5 of the decree of creation).
