Klutse was born in Agbélouvé, Zio Prefecture. He was appointed to the government of Prime Minister Edem Kodjo as Minister of Planning and Territorial Development in November 1995.[1] Subsequently, in by-elections that were held in constituencies where the results of the 1994 parliamentary election had been annulled, the Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) of President Gnassingbé Eyadéma won all three constituencies at stake, giving it and its allies a parliamentary majority and enabling it to form a new government without relying on Kodjo's Togolese Union for Democracy (UTD) party. Klutse was then appointed as Prime Minister by Eyadéma on August 20, 1996.[2][3]
Previously not a member of a political party, in 1997 Klutse joined the RPT and became a member of its Political Bureau.[1] On August 19, 1998, Eyadéma accepted the resignation of Klutse and his government, but he reappointed Klutse on August 20 to head a new government,[4] which was named on September 1.[5][6] The opposition largely refused to participate in this government,[6][7] and Klutse, speaking on television, "deplore[d] that the sincere and brotherly hand extended by the president was not accepted by the leaders of the opposition".[6]
Klutse remains a member of the Political Bureau of the RPT[13] and was again chosen as a member of the RPT Central Committee from Zio Prefecture at the party's 9th Congress in December 2006.[14]
^ "Aug 1996 - Resignation of Kodjo - New government", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 42, August, 1996 Togo, Page 41217.
^Africa South of the Sahara 2004 (2003), Routledge, page 1,145.
^ "Aug 1998 - Resignation of government - Re-appointment of Prime Minister", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 44, August, 1998 Togo, Page 42431.
