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{{short description|Togolese politician and businessman}}
'''Kwame-Mensah Jacques Amouzou''' (born 25 July 1936<ref>[http://www.legitogo.gouv.tg/annee_txt/1998/Pages%20from%20jo_1998-016.pdf ''Journal Official de la Republique Togolaise''], 18 May 1998, page 3 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>) is a [[Togo]]lese politician and businessman. An ethnic [[Ewe people|Ewe]], Amouzou was a minor candidate in both the [[1993 Togolese presidential election|1993]] and [[1998 Togolese presidential election|1998 presidential elections]].<ref>[http://www.cdd.org.uk/resources/workingpapers/togo_election.htm "Togo - Stalled Democratic Transition"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705220756/http://www.cdd.org.uk/resources/workingpapers/togo_election.htm |date=2008-07-05 }}, Centre for Democracy and Development.</ref> He is the President of the [[Union of Independent Liberals]] (ULI).<ref>[http://www.republicoftogo.com/central.php?d=3&i=113&o=1&s=373 "Une démocratie en bonne santé"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613173912/http://www.republicoftogo.com/central.php?o=1&s=373&d=3&i=113 |date=2008-06-13 }}, Republicoftogo.com, 12 January 2007 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> Amouzou was "widely perceived as a front" for President [[Gnassingbé Eyadéma]] during the 1990s.<ref>[http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Newsletters/irinw_61998.html "IRIN-West Africa: Special briefing on presidential elections in Togo, 98.6.19"], IRIN-West Africa Weekly roundup 53, 19 June 1998.</ref>

==Political career==
Amouzou was born in [[Gbatope]], located in [[Zio, Togo|Zio Prefecture]].<ref name=JO>[http://www.legitogo.gouv.tg/annee_txt/1993/Pages%20from%20jo_1993-024.pdf ''Journal Official de la Republique Togolaise''], 6 August 1993, page 3 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> At the time of the August 1993 presidential election, Amouzou ran as an independent candidate.<ref name=JO/><ref name=Vict>[http://www.keesings.com/search?kssp_selected_tab=article&kssp_a_id=39583n01tgo "Aug 1993 – Election victory for Eyadema"], ''Keesing's Record of World Events'', volume 39, August 1993 Togo, page 39,583.</ref> He and [[Ife Adani]] were the only candidates to stand against President Eyadéma, who won 96% of the vote. Amouzou and Adani were not considered serious challengers; all of the major opposition leaders chose to boycott the election.<ref name=Vict/>

Led by Amouzou, the ULI was founded in November 1993 as a moderate opposition party, representing the political space between Eyadéma's [[Rally of the Togolese People]] (RPT) and the radical opposition [[Collective of Democratic Opposition-2]] (COD-2).<ref>[http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/topic,463af2212,469f2f522,469f38e9c,0.html "Chronology for Kabre in Togo"], Minorities at Risk Project (UNHCR.org), 2004.</ref> In the [[1994 Togolese parliamentary election|February 1994 parliamentary election]], he ran as a candidate in Zio Prefecture, but did not win a seat.<ref>[http://www.etiame.com/etiame502.htm "05 février 2007: «catastrophe gbatopéenne»"], Etiame.com {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>

Amouzou and the ULI were viewed as close to the RPT, and Amouzou was described as "virtually a second RPT candidate" at the time of the 1998 presidential election; his critics alleged that he was merely a tool of Eyadéma who was used to manipulate the political playing field in Eyadéma's favor. He placed last in the 1998 election with 0.35% of the vote.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8U4EAQAAIAAJ&q=Jacques+Amouzou ''Africa Today'', volume 4] (1998), pages 24–25 and 29.</ref>

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