List of presidents of Togo

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President of the
Togolese Republic
Président de la
République togolaise
Coat of arms of Togo
Incumbent
Faure Gnassingbé
since 4 May 2005
ResidencePalace of the Governors, Lomé
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderSylvanus Olympio
Formation27 April 1960
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This is a list of Presidents of Togo since the formation of the post of President in 1960, to the present day.

A total of four people have served as President (not counting one Acting President and two interim military officeholders). Additionally, one person, Faure Gnassingbé, has served on two non-consecutive occasions.

Key

Political parties
Other factions
Status
  •   Denotes Acting/Interim Head of State

Presidents of Togo

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of Office Political Party
Elected 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
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color" | — Emmanuel Bodjollé
(1928–)[1] 		— 13 January 1963 15 January 1963 2 days Military
2 Nicolas Grunitzky
(1913–1969) 		1963 16 January 1963 13 January 1967
(Deposed) 		3 years, 362 days PTP
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color" | — Kléber Dadjo
(1914–1988/89)[2] 		— 14 January 1967 14 April 1967 91 days Military
style="background:Template:Rally of the Togolese People/meta/color" | 3 Gnassingbé Eyadéma
(1935–2005)[3] 		1972
1979
1986
1993
1998
2003 		14 April 1967 5 February 2005
(Died in Office) 		37 years, 297 days Military /
RPT
style="background:Template:Rally of the Togolese People/meta/color" | 4 Faure Gnassingbé
(1966–)[4] 		— 5 February 2005 25 February 2005
(Resigned)[5] 		20 days RPT
style="background:Template:Rally of the Togolese People/meta/color" | — Bonfoh Abass
(1948–)
Acting President[6] 		— 25 February 2005 4 May 2005 68 days RPT
style="background:Template:Union for the Republic (Togo)/meta/color" | (4) Faure Gnassingbé
(1966–)[4] 		2005
2010
2015 		4 May 2005 Incumbent 19 years, 10 days RPT / UNIR

Footnotes

  1. ^ Styled as Chairman of the Insurrection Committee
  2. ^ Styled as Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee
  3. ^ Previously named Étienne Eyadéma; changed name on 8 May 1974 due to the policy of Africanization, and to commemorate survival of a plane crash
  4. ^ a b Son of Gnassingbé Eyadéma
  5. ^ Stepped down due to heavy regional pressure, caused over doubts regarding the constitutional legitimacy of his succession
  6. ^ Succeeded Eyadéma as the constitutional successor, President of the National Assembly

Latest election

Main article: Togolese presidential election, 2015
Candidate Party Votes %
Faure Gnassingbé Union for the Republic 1,221,756 58.75
Jean-Pierre Fabre National Alliance for Change 732,026 35.21
Tchaboure Gogue Alliance of Democrats for Integral Development 83,803 4.03
Gerry Tamaa New Togolese Commitment 21,581 1.04
Mohamed Tchassona-Traoré Citizens' Movement for Democracy and Development 20,064 0.96
Invalid/blank votes 58,813 –
Total 2,138,438 100
Registered voters/turnout 3,509,258 60.92
Source: Constitutional Court

See also

External links

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