# Juvento

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**Juvento**, also known as the **Mouvement de Jeunesse Togolaise** (lit. *Togolese Youth Movement*), is a [social democratic](/source/Social_democratic) [political party](/source/Political_party) in [Togo](/source/Togo).

## History

The party was formed 25 September 1951 as a radical youth wing of the [Committee of Togolese Unity](/source/Party_of_Togolese_Unity) (CUT).[1] It ran in alliance with the CUT in the [1952 Territorial Assembly elections](/source/French_Togoland_Territorial_Assembly_election,_1952), with the two parties winning nine of the 30 seats. It did not contest the [1955 elections](/source/French_Togoland_Territorial_Assembly_election,_1955) and failed to win a seat in the [1958 elections](/source/French_Togoland_parliamentary_election,_1958), when it received just 0.2% of the vote. The following year it split from the CUT to become a standalone party.[2]

Following the [1963 coup](/source/1963_Togolese_coup_d'%C3%A9tat) it was one of four parties to join the Reconciliation and National Union, which presented a single list in the [1963 parliamentary elections](/source/Togolese_general_election,_1963), with each party taking 14 seats. However, the party was dissolved after the 1967 coup.

In the early 1990s a new party was formed using the same name. It won two seats in the [2002 parliamentary elections](/source/Togolese_parliamentary_election,_2002), but received just 0.2% of the vote in the [2007 parliamentary elections](/source/Togolese_parliamentary_election,_2007), losing both seats.

## References

1. Renate Helm (2004) Politische Herrschaft in Togo: das Problem der Demokratisierung, LIT Verlag Münster, p63

1. Helm, p64

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