General Gnassingbé Eyadéma, formerly Étienne Eyadema ( December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. There are 5 days remaining. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbroek - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht 1606 - King Lear performed in the Court of England 1620 - Elizabeth Bathorys crimes are uncovered 1620 - Pilgrim... December 26, 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua January 11 - The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States. January 19 - Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying... 1937– February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 329 days remaining (330 in leap years). Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. 1631 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. 1778 - South... February 5, 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January Iraqi police officers hold up their index fingers marked with purple indelible ink, a security measure to prevent double voting. Worldwide aid effort continues to develop in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. January 3... 2005), was the This page contains a list of presidents of Togo. See also lists of incumbents. Presidents of Togo, 1960–present Sylvanus Olympio: April 27, 1960–January 13, 1963 Nicolas Grunitzky: January 16, 1963–January 13, 1967 Kléber Dadjo (Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee): January 14–... President of See also Togoville for the town formerly known as Togo The Togolese Republic is a country in West Africa, bordering Ghana in the west, Benin in the east and Burkina Faso in the north. In the south, it has a small Gulf of Guinea coast, on which the capital Lom... Togo from 1967 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE55Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE60Fixes.css; /**/ 1967 From Wikipedia 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). Events January January 3 - Edward Tyree III is born in Philadelphia, Pa. The Famous... 1967 until his death. He participated in two successful military A coup détat, or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. It is different from a revolution, which is staged by a larger group and radically changes the political system. The term... coups, in January Events January-February January 11 - The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. January 14 - George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. January 22 - Elysée treaty between France and Germany January 28 - Black student Harvey Gantt enters Clemson College in... 1963 and January 1967 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE55Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE60Fixes.css; /**/ 1967 From Wikipedia 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). Events January January 3 - Edward Tyree III is born in Philadelphia, Pa. The Famous... 1967, and became President on April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). There are 261 days remaining. Events up to 19th century 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum. Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesars assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the... April 14, 1967 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE55Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE60Fixes.css; /**/ 1967 From Wikipedia 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). Events January January 3 - Edward Tyree III is born in Philadelphia, Pa. The Famous... 1967. He managed to remain in power for the next 38 years.

Early life

Born in the town of Pya, his original A given name specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name. The given name may be single, or several names may be given (the latter are known as middle names). In the latter case, one... given name was Étienne, which he Africanization, as used in this article, refers to the modification of place names or personal names to better reflect an African identity. In some cases, changes are not strictly a change of name, but simply a transliteration different from the European name (e.g. Antananarivo). Examples: Joseph-Désiré Mobutu... Africanized in 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 - Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 - Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army February 7 - Grenada becomes independent from... 1974, and his A family name, or surname, is that part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. In English ones family name is generally written after ones given name, leading to the term last name. The word surname is name prefixed by the... surname was Gnassingbé. When he joined the army he did so under his only two forenames Etienne Eyadéma; and years later adopted his old surname as forename. Eyadéma served in the The French Army (Armée de Terre, Ground Army) is one component in the Military of France. Divisions The army is divided into the following armes: Marine troops, composed of: Marine Infantry (Infanterie de Marine) Marine Artillery (Artillerie de Marine) Marine armor (chars de Marine) Foreign Legion (Légion étrang... French army ( 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 - Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugoslavia January 20 - Change of US presidency from Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) to Dwight D... 1953– 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year - i.e., one that looked the same upside down - since 1881, and the last until 6009. Events January January 1 - The farthing coin, used since the 13th century, ceases to be... 1961) in Algeria is a country in northern Africa with a coast on the Mediterranean Sea along the north and bordered by Tunisia in the northeast, Libya in the east, Niger in the southeast, Mali and Mauritania in the southwest, and Morocco and Western Sahara in the west (the Moroccan border is... Algeria and Indochina, or French Indochina, was a federation of French colonies and protectorates in south-east Asia, part of the French colonial empire. It consisted of Cochin China, Tonkin, Annam (all of which now form Vietnam), Laos and the Khmer Republic (now Cambodia). As a geographic term, Indochina can also include... Indochina; however, when Togo became independent in 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January - State of emergency is lifted in Kenya - Mau Mau Rebellion is officially over January 1 - Independence of Cameroon January 9 - Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 14 - Ralph Chubb, the... 1960, he and other veterans of the French military were denied entry into the army by the country's first president, Sylvanus Epiphanio Olympio (1902 - 13 January 1963) was a Togolese political figure. He served as the Prime Minister of Togo from 1958 to 1963. He then served as the first President of Togo between 1961 and 1963, when he was assassinated in a military coup détat on January 13th... Sylvanus Olympio. This led to a coup on January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. It is still celebrated as New Years Eve by those on the Julian calendar. There are 352 days remaining (353 in a leap year). Events 888 - Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks. 1328... January 13, Events January-February January 11 - The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. January 14 - George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. January 22 - Elysée treaty between France and Germany January 28 - Black student Harvey Gantt enters Clemson College in... 1963 against Olympio by the disenfranchised soldiers led by Eyadéma, who claimed to have personally fired the shot which killed Olympio. He was then appointed the country's new chief of staff under a civilian president. 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Politics

Eyadéma subsequently won uncontested elections in 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. Events January January 2 - the Pierre Hotel Heist - Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million January 5 - President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the... 1972, 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. Events January January 1 - United States and the Peoples Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 - State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings. January 7 - Vietnam and Vietnam... 1979, and 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 1 - Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 - Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 - After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak leaves... 1986. During his rule he escaped several assassination attempts; in 1974 he was the only person surviving a plane crash in the northern part of the country near Sarakawa. Another unsuccessful attempt made him carry a bullet fired on him by his bodyguard as an amulet. A national conference in 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 2 - Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first black woman to lead a city of that size and importance. January 4 - The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously... 1991 attempted to force him from power, but Eyadéma managed to remain in power with the backing of the army. He attempted to legitimize his rule with ostensibly democratic elections in 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. January 3 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and... 1993, and narrowly won reelection in 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. Events January January 1998 - A massive ice storm, caused by El Niño, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to... 1998, amid accusations of the massacre of hundreds of government opponents. He was considered to be a ruthless Dictator was the title of a magistrate in ancient Rome appointed by the Senate to rule the state in times of emergency. In modern usage, it refers to an absolutist or autocratic ruler who assumes sole power over the state (though the term is normally not applied to an absolute... dictator, never shy of torturing opponents, and even having them fed to crocodiles.

In late December 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom Autism Awareness Year in the United Kingdom Events January Euro banknotes in circulation throughout the twelve countries of the European Union that... 2002, the constitution of Togo was changed to remove term limits on the office of president; previously, presidents had been limited to two five-year terms, and Eyadéma would have therefore been forced to step down after the 2003 elections. With the removal of these limitations, however, Eyadéma was free to stand again and did so, winning the elections on June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Marcus Didius is assassinated in his palace. 1283 - Treaty of Rheinfelden - Duke Rudolph II of Austria has to waive his right to the Duchies of... June 1 with 57.2% of the vote. However, another change was to reduce the minimum age of the President to 35 years, rather than 45. As Eyadéma's son Faure Gnassingbé Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé (born June 6, 1966), also known as Faure Eyadéma, was President of Togo for twenty days from February 5 to February 25, 2005. He is the son of the late President Gnassingbé Eyadéma, and was named leader of... Faure Gnassingbé was 35, many observers assumed that he was opening the way for a A family dictatorship is a form of dictatorship that operates much like an absolute monarchy, yet occurs in a nominally republican state and is not part of its laws. When the dictator of a family dictatorship dies, one of his relatives (usually his son) becomes the new ruler of the... dynastic succession should he die suddenly.

Eyadéma constructed a large palace near his family home in Pya a few kilometers north of Lama-Kara. He was the chairman of the Flag of the Organisation of African Unity, later also used by the African Union. The Organisation of African Unity (OAU or Organisation de lUnité Africaine (OUA)) was established on May 25, 1963. It was disbanded July 9, 2002 by its last president South African Thabo Mbeki and replaced by... Organisation of African Unity from 2000 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE55Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE60Fixes.css; /**/ 2000 From Wikipedia 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Popular culture also holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd... 2000 to 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. By strict interpretation of the Gregorian Calendar, 2001 is also the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millenium. Popular culture, however, often views the year 2000 as holding this distinction. 2001 is also the year... 2001, and he helped to mediate between the government and rebels of Côte dIvoire (often called Ivory Coast in English; see below about the name) is a country in West Africa. It borders Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Ghana to the west, north, and east, and borders the Gulf of Guinea to its south. One of the most... Côte d'Ivoire in the conflict that began in that country in 2002.

Death

On February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 329 days remaining (330 in leap years). Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. 1631 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. 1778 - South... February 5, 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January Iraqi police officers hold up their index fingers marked with purple indelible ink, a security measure to prevent double voting. Worldwide aid effort continues to develop in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. January 3... 2005, he died "as he was being evacuated for emergency treatment abroad", according to a government statement. Officials have stated that the cause of death was a A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), commonly known as a heart attack, is a serious, sudden heart condition... heart attack. At the time of his death he was the longest-serving A head of state or chief of state is the chief public representative of a nation-state, federation or commonwealth, whose role generally includes personifying the continuity and legitimacy of the state and exercising the political powers, functions and duties granted to the head of state in the countrys... head of state in World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest continent in both area and population, after Eurasia. At about 30,244,050 km2 (11,677,240 mi2) including its adjacent islands, it covers 20.3 percent of the total land... Africa. He fathered more than a hundred children with several women. His son Faure Gnassingbé took the power, as is successor, which was denounced as a military coup by the population and international community. Under heavy pressure from others in the region and the international community, Faure stepped down on February 25 and was replaced by El-Hadj Bonfoh Abbass (b. 1948) is the interim President of Togo till the April 24, 2005 presidential election. He took that position on February 25, 2005 when President Faure Gnassingbe resigned due to pressure from the international community. Bonfoh, who was first deputy parliament speaker at the time, was... Bonfoh Abbass second head of the parliament until the presidential elections on April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). There are 251 days remaining. Events 1184 BC - Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional). 1066 - Halleys Comet spotted. 1704 - The first regular newspaper in the United States, the Boston, Massachusetts... April 24 2005. [1]  (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4240485.stm)

See also

• The Ewes moved into the area which is now Togo from the Niger River valley between the 12th and 14th centuries. During the 15th and 16th centuries, Portuguese explorers and traders visited the coast. For the next 200 years, the coastal region was a major raiding center for Europeans in... History of Togo
• Togos transition to democracy is stalled. Its democratic institutions remain nascent and fragile. President Gnassingbé Eyadéma, who ruled Togo under a one-party system for nearly 25 of his 37 years in power, was the dominant political figure and controlled the security forces. Army Chief of Staff General... Politics of Togo

External link

• BBC profile of Gnassingbe Eyadéma (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/830774.stm)