Gnassingbé Eyadéma
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Gnassingbé Eyadéma was a Togolese military officer and politician who served as the third president of Togo from 1967 until his death in 2005, after which he was immediately succeeded by his son, Faur
Eyadéma in 1983
Eyadéma in Lomé, 1975
Former Arizona State Senator Billy Davis meeting with President Eyadéma in Lomé, 1993
Monument to the 1974 presidential C-47 crash, which Eyadéma survived
Sylvanus Olympio
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Sylvanus Épiphanio Olympio was a Togolese politician who was prime minister, and then president, of Togo from 1958 until his assassination in 1963. He came from the important Olympio family, which inc
Gnassingbé Eyadéma
…War. Following nearly 10 years in the French army, Eyadéma returned to Togo in 1962. He was a leader in the 1963 Togolese coup d'état against President Sylvanus Olympio, who was assassinated during the attack. It has often been stated that Eyadéma himself committed the murder; shortly after the coup, Eyadéma himself…
Olympio in 1961
Olympio (right) with U.S. President John F. Kennedy, 1962
Women mourning the murder of president Olympio