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Gnassingbé Eyadéma

1935 - 2005

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Gnassingbé Eyadéma (French pronunciation: [ɲasɛ̃ɡbe ɛjadema]; born Étienne Eyadéma Gnassingbé, 26 December 1935 – 5 February 2005) 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, Faure Gnassingbé. Eyadéma participated in two successful military coups, in January 1963 and January 1967, and became president on 14 April 1967. As president, he created a political party, the Rally of the Togolese People (RPT), and headed an anti-communist single-party régime until the early 1990s, when reforms leading to multiparty elections began. Although his rule was seriously challenged by the events of the early 1990s, he ultimately consolidated power again and won multiparty presidential elections in 1993, 1998 and 2003; the opposition boycotted the 1993 election and denounced the 1998 and 2003 election results as fraudulent. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gnassingbé Eyadéma is the 4,001st most popular politician (up from 4,712th in 2019), the most popular biography from Togo and the most popular Togolese Politician.

Gnassingbé Eyadéma is most famous for being the president of Togo from 1967 to 2005. He was a dictator who ruled the country with an iron fist.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gnassingbé Eyadéma ranks 4,001 out of 19,576. Before him are Ferdinand Buisson, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, János Áder, Uriah the Hittite, and Ambiorix. After him are Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Nicolae Timofti, Lazar Branković, Álvaro Obregón, H. H. Asquith, and Mehmet Shehu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Gnassingbé Eyadéma ranks 52. Before him are Danilo Kiš, Elsa Martinelli, Akira Kitaguchi, Artur Rasizade, Don Norman, and Harrison Schmitt. After him are Viktor Bryukhanov, Jerry Lee Lewis, Udo Lattek, Abdou Diouf, Zhelyu Zhelev, and William Friedkin. Among people deceased in 2005, Gnassingbé Eyadéma ranks 45. Before him are Akira Yoshizawa, Moustapha Akkad, Birgit Nilsson, Mary Jackson, Brother Roger, and John Fowles. After him are Robert Wise, Barbara Bel Geddes, Richard Smalley, Rosemary Kennedy, Peter Benenson, and Consuelo Velázquez.

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In Togo

Among people born in Togo, Gnassingbé Eyadéma ranks 1 out of 34. After him are Emmanuel Adebayor (1984), Nicéphore Soglo (1934), Nicolas Grunitzky (1913), Yawovi Agboyibo (1943), Victoire Tomegah Dogbé (1959), Edem Kodjo (1938), Bonfoh Abass (1948), Komi Sélom Klassou (1960), Gilbert Houngbo (1961), Mohamed Kader (1979), and Kossi Agassa (1978).

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Among POLITICIANS In Togo

Among politicians born in Togo, Gnassingbé Eyadéma ranks 1. After him are Nicéphore Soglo (1934), Nicolas Grunitzky (1913), Yawovi Agboyibo (1943), Victoire Tomegah Dogbé (1959), Edem Kodjo (1938), Bonfoh Abass (1948), Komi Sélom Klassou (1960), and Gilbert Houngbo (1961).

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