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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 was the 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 regime until the early 1990s, when reforms leading to multiparty elections began. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gnassingbé Eyadéma has received more than 588,950 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Gnassingbé Eyadéma is the 4,712th most popular politician (down from 4,411th 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 4,712 out of 19,576. Before him are Sufi Abu Taleb, Victor Klemperer, Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, Victorinus, Kalākaua, and Emperor Yūryaku. After him are Ferdinand Buisson, Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ricardo Lagos, Phraates V, Issa Hayatou, and Georgios Papandreou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Gnassingbé Eyadéma ranks 65. Before him are Forough Farrokhzad, Udo Lattek, Lorenzo Bandini, Wim Duisenberg, Pranab Mukherjee, and Elsa Martinelli. After him are Akira Kitaguchi, Brian Clough, Ken Kesey, Roger B. Chaffee, António Ramalho Eanes, and Abdou Diouf. Among people deceased in 2005, Gnassingbé Eyadéma ranks 53. Before him are Ibrahim Ferrer, Consuelo Velázquez, Victoria de los Ángeles, William Westmoreland, Robert Wise, and Akira Yoshizawa. After him are Robert Sheckley, Peter Benenson, Hunter S. Thompson, Richard Smalley, Carlo Maria Giulini, and Arman.

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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), Victoire Tomegah Dogbé (1959), Edem Kodjo (1938), Bonfoh Abass (1948), Yawovi Agboyibo (1943), Komi Sélom Klassou (1960), Mohamed Kader (1979), Gilbert Houngbo (1961), 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), Victoire Tomegah Dogbé (1959), Edem Kodjo (1938), Bonfoh Abass (1948), Yawovi Agboyibo (1943), Komi Sélom Klassou (1960), and Gilbert Houngbo (1961).

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