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    Gnassingbé Eyadéma (French pronunciation: [ɲasɛ̃ɡbe ɛjadema]; born Étienne Eyadéma Gnassingbé, 26 December 1935 – 5 February 2005) was a Togolese military...
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    President Gnassingbé Eyadéma, as Minister of Equipment, Mines, Posts, and Telecommunications, serving from 2003 to 2005. Following President Eyadéma's death...
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    ICAO: DXXX), also known as Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport (French: Aéroport international Gnassingbé Eyadéma), is an international airport...
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    1967, Gnassingbé Eyadéma led a successful military coup d'état and became president of an anti-communist, single-party state. In 1993, Eyadéma faced multiparty...
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  • founded by President Gnassingbé Eyadéma and headed by his son, President Faure Gnassingbé, after the former's death in 2005. Faure Gnassingbé replaced the RPT...
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  • leader Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrew Grunitzky in a bloodless coup in 1967. He assumed the presidency and introduced a one-party system in 1969. Eyadéma remained...
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    international community began putting pressure on authoritarian president Gnassingbé Eyadéma to democratize, a notion he strongly resisted. Pro-democracy activists...
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  • Kpatcha Gnassingbé (born 6 September 1970) is a Togolese politician. He is a son of Gnassingbé Eyadéma, President of Togo from 1967 to 2005, and a brother...
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    President Gnassingbé Eyadéma moved into a new Presidential Palace built near the Palace of the Governors. Another residence used by the Gnassingbé Eyadéma was...
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  • (2005–present) Kpatcha Gnassingbé (born 1970), Togolese politician Gnassingbé Eyadéma (1935–2005), President of Togo (1967–2005) Gnassingbé Eyadéma International...
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  • in Togo in her legal work. Osséyi was also the wife of President Gnassingbé Eyadéma. She was born in 1940 or 1941 in northern Togo. She was the daughter...
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    death in office of long-time president Gnassingbé Eyadéma. The main candidates were Eyadéma's son, Faure Gnassingbé, and opposition leader Emmanuel Bob-Akitani...
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    Faure Gnassingbé have occurred throughout Togo, starting when President Faure Gnassingbé assumed power after the death of his father Gnassingbé Eyadéma in...
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    2003 – 6 September 2003. President Gnassingbé is the son of the previous president, Gnassingbé Eyadéma. Faure Gnassingbé was previously President of Togo...
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    isolated location near the village of Sarakawa in northern Togo. Gnassingbé Eyadéma, the President of Togo, was on board the aircraft, which was flying...
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    largely due to the influence of the previous Togolese head of state Gnassingbé Eyadéma; he was born in the nearby village of Pya and understood Kara's strategic...
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    Togolese politician who was a long-time opponent of the regime of Gnassingbé Eyadéma and was President of the Union of Forces for Change (UFC), Togo's...
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  • founded by President Gnassingbé Eyadéma and headed by his son, President Faure Gnassingbé, after the former's death in 2005. Faure Gnassingbé replaced the RPT...
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  • Togolese politician who served in the government of Togo under President Gnassingbé Eyadéma for most of the period from 1979 to 1999. He has been a Special Adviser...
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    A referendum on coup leader Gnassingbé Eyadéma remaining as the president was held in Togo on 9 January 1972. Eyadéma had overthrown the government in...
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    elections were held in Togo on 21 June 1998. Incumbent President Gnassingbé Eyadéma, in power since 1967, was re-elected with 52% of the vote according...
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    Database "Gnassingbé Eyadéma, 69, Togo Ruler, Dies". The New York Times. February 7, 2005. Retrieved March 10, 2019. "Togolese president Eyadema dies". BBC...
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    Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. "Togolese president Faure Gnassingbe takes the reins of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government"...
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    Togolese People as the sole legal party. Its leader, incumbent President Gnassingbé Eyadéma, was the only candidate and was re-elected unopposed. Voter turnout...
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    on 1 June 2003. The result was a victory for incumbent President Gnassingbé Eyadéma, who received 58% of the vote. The opposition Union of Forces for...
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    multiparty elections. Beginning in December 1991, however, President Gnassingbé Eyadéma increasingly reasserted his authority at Koffigoh's expense. Although...
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  • of Le Figaro and served as an advisor to Togolese military ruler Gnassingbé Eyadéma. Christian de La Mazière, The Captive Dreamer (Dutton, 1974) Christian...
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  • movement in France in opposition to the one-party dictatorship of Gnassingbé Eyadéma. He helped found the Organisation of Togolese Workers for Democracy...
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  • titles upon themselves, which rarely survive the end of their regime. Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Togo's titles included "father of the nation", "older brother"...
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  • after its failure, he did recognize that it had been backed-up by Gnassingbé Eyadéma (Togo), Félix Houphouët-Boigny (Ivory Coast), Omar Bongo (Gabon) and...
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