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List of presidents of Togo

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President of the
Togolese Republic
President de la
Republique togolaise
Incumbent
Faure Gnassingbe

since 4 May 2005
Residence Palace of the Governors , Lome
Term length 5 years
Inaugural holder Sylvanus Olympio
Formation 27 April 1960

This is a list of presidents of Togo since the creation of the job of president in 1960, to the present day.

List of Presidents [ change | change source ]

No. Portrait Name
(Birth?Death)
Elected Term of office Political affiliation Prime minister(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Sylvanus Olympio
(1902?1963)
1961 27 April 1960 13 January 1963
( assassinated. )
2 years, 261 days CUT Himself
? Emmanuel Bodjolle
(1928?) [a]
? 13 January 1963 15 January 1963 2 days Military Position abolished
2 Nicolas Grunitzky
(1913?1969)
1963 16 January 1963 13 January 1967
( deposed. )
3 years, 362 days MPT Position abolished
? Kleber Dadjo
(1914?1988/89) [b]
? 16 January 1967 14 April 1967 91 days Military Position abolished
3 Gnassingbe Eyadema
(1935?2005) [c]
1972
1979
1986
1993
1998
2003
14 April 1967 5 February 2005
( died in office. )
37 years, 297 days Military / RPT Koffigoh
E. Kodjo
Klutse
Adoboli
A. Kodjo
Sama
4 Faure Gnassingbe
(1966?) [d]
? 5 February 2005 [e] 25 February 2005
( resigned. ) [f]
20 days RPT Sama
? Bonfoh Abass
(1948?2021) [g]
? 25 February 2005 4 May 2005 68 days RPT Sama
(4) Faure Gnassingbe
(1966?) [d]
2005
2010
2015
2020
4 May 2005 Incumbent 19 years, 15 days RPT / UNIR Sama
E. Kodjo
Agboyibo
Mally
Houngbo
Ahoomey-Zunu
Klassou
  1. Styled as Chairman of the Insurrection Committee .
  2. Styled as Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee .
  3. Previously named Etienne Eyadema; changed name on 8 May 1974 due to the policy of Africanization , and to commemorate survival of a crash of his Douglas C-47 Skytrain presidential plane on 24 January 1974.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Son of Gnassingbe Eyadema.
  5. Proclaimed president by General Zakari Nandja , Chief of Staff of the Togolese Armed Forces , and confirmed by the National Assembly .
  6. Stepped down due to heavy regional pressure, caused over doubts regarding the constitutional legitimacy of his succession.
  7. Succeeded Eyadema as the constitutional successor, President of the National Assembly .

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