Biography of faure eyademas
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The current president of Togo, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé Eyadema, was born on June 6, 1966, in Afanyagan, Togo. His parents were, Etienne Gnassingbé Eyadema, an army officer, and Veronica Massan.
A year after his birth in 1967, Gnassingbé’s father seized power in a military coup that overthrew the government of President Nicolas Grunitzky. His father then became president of Togo.
Gnassingbé was educated in Lome, the capital city of Togo and then he studied at the Sorbonne in Paris where he earned degrees in economics and international relations. He next attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C. where he earned a master’s grad in Business Administration. He later returned to Togo to be a financial advisor to his father and to manage his father’s vast business interests.
In June 2002, Gnassingbé ran for a seat in parliament and won. He represented the Blitta area and was soon afterward appointed Minister of Transportation, Mines, and Equipment bygd his f
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Faure Gnassingbé
President of Togo since 2005
Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé (French pronunciation:[fɔʁɲasɛ̃ɡbe]; born 6 June 1966[1]) is a Togolese politician who has been the fourth president of Togo since 2005. Before assuming the presidency, he was appointed by his father, President Gnassingbé Eyadéma, as Minister of Equipment, Mines, Posts, and Telecommunications, serving from 2003 to 2005.
Following President Eyadéma's death in 2005, Gnassingbé was immediately installed as president with support from the army.[2] Doubts regarding the constitutional legitimacy of the succession led to heavy regional pressure being placed on Gnassingbé, and he subsequently resigned on 25 February. He then won a controversial presidential election on 24 April 2005, and was sworn in as president. Gnassingbé was re-elected for a second term in 2010.
In the April 2015 presidential election, Gnassingbé won a third term, defeating his main challenger, Jean-Pierre Fabr
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Gnassingbé Eyadéma
President of Togo from 1967 to 2005
Gnassingbé Eyadéma (French pronunciation:[ɲasɛ̃ɡbeɛjadema]; 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.[2]
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[3]single-party regime 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