List of heads of state of Togo

President of the Togolese Republic
Coat of arms of Togo
Incumbent Faure Gnassingbé since 4 May 2005
Residence	Palace of the Governors, Lomé
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Sylvanus Olympio
Formation	27 April 1960

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Presidents of Togo (1960–Present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Togolese Republic
27 April 1960 to 13 January 1963		Sylvanus Olympio, President	CUT	Assassinated in a coup d'état
13 January 1963 to 15 January 1963		Emmanuel Bodjollé, Chairman of the Insurrection Committee	Mil
16 January 1963 to 13 January 1967		Nicolas Grunitzky, President	PTP	Deposed in a coup d'état
14 January 1967 to 14 April 1967		Kléber Dadjo, Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee	Mil
14 April 1967 to 30 November 1969		Étienne Eyadéma, President	Mil
30 November 1969 to 8 May 1974			RPT	Changed name to Gnassingbé Eyadéma
8 May 1974 to 5 February 2005		Gnassingbé Eyadéma, President		Died in office
5 February 2005 to 25 February 2005		Faure Gnassingbé, President	RPT	1st Term; Son of Gnassingbé Eyadéma. Resigned due to doubts regarding the constitutional legitimacy of his succession.
25 February 2005 to 4 May 2005		Bonfoh Abass, Acting President	RPT	Succeeded Eyadéma as the constitutional successor, President of the National Assembly
4 May 2005 to Present		Faure Gnassingbé, President	RPT	2nd Term

Affiliations

• CAR (Action Committee for Renewal)
• CFN (Coordination of New Forces)
• CPP (Patriotic Pan-African Convergence)
• CUT (Committee of Togolese Unity)
• PTP (Togolese Progress Party)
• RPT (Rally of the Togolese People)
• UTD (Togolese Union for Democracy)
• MIL (Military)
• n-p (Non-partisan)

Latest election

 Summary of the 4 March 2010 Togo presidential election results

Candidates – nominating parties	Votes	%
Faure Gnassingbé – Rally for the Togolese People	1,234,044	60.9
Jean-Pierre Fabre – Union of Forces for Change	692,584	33.9
Yawovi Agboyibo – Action Committee for Renewal	60,388	3.0
Agbéyomé Kodjo – Organization for the Construction of a United Togo	17,397	0.9
Brigitte Adjamagbo-Johnson – Democratic Convention of African Peoples	13,451	0.7
Bassabi Kagbara – Pan-African Democratic Party	8,357	0.4
Nicolas Lawson – Party for Renewal and Redemption	6,029	0.3
Total (turnout 65.7%)	2,040,506
Registered voters	3,599,306
Total votes	2,119,829
Invalid or blank votes (1.6%)	79,283

See also

• Togo
  • Politics of Togo
  • List of colonial heads of German Togoland
  • List of colonial heads of French Togoland
  • List of heads of government of Togo
• Lists of Incumbents

External links

• World Statesmen - Togo