Background
Amouzou was born in Gbatope, located in Zio Prefecture.
Amouzou was born in Gbatope, located in Zio Prefecture.
An ethnic Ewe, Amouzou was a minor candidate in both the 1993 and 1998 presidential elections. He is the President of the Union of Independent Liberals (Urban Land Institute). Amouzou was "widely perceived as a front" for President Gnassingbé Eyadéma during the 1990s.
At the time of the August 1993 presidential election, Amouzou ran as an independent candidate.
Amouzou and Adani were not considered serious challengers. All of the major opposition leaders chose to boycott the election.
Amouzou and the Urban Land Institute 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.
Led by Amouzou, the Urban Land Institute 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).
