Togo. Maritime Region. Lomé. A woman holding her son in her hand carries a tray on her head with oranges to sell in the streets. On a roundabout, the Golfe 4 commune celebrates on a giant billboard the 64 years of independence from Togo with pictures of its four presidents. Sylvanus Épiphanio Olympio (6 September 1902 – 13 January 1963) was a Togolese politician who served as prime minister, and then president, of Togo from 1958 until his assassination in 1963. Nicolas...
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Togo. Maritime Region. Lomé. A woman holding her son in her hand carries a tray on her head with oranges to sell in the streets. On a roundabout, the Golfe 4 commune celebrates on a giant billboard the 64 years of independence from Togo with pictures of its four presidents. Sylvanus Épiphanio Olympio (6 September 1902 – 13 January 1963) was a Togolese politician who served as prime minister, and then president, of Togo from 1958 until his assassination in 1963. Nicolas Grunitzky (5 April 1913 – 27 September 1969) was the second president. Following the 1963 coup which killed his nationalist political rival and brother-in-law Sylvanus Olympio, Grunitzky was chosen by the military committee of coup leaders to be Togo's second President. Gnassingbé Eyadéma (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 Essozimna Gnassingbé. Born 6 June 1966, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé is the actual president and has been the fourth president of Togo since 2005. Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. 23.11.2024 © 2024 Didier Ruef
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