List of Presidents of Togo

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Presidents of Togo (1960-Present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Togolese Republic
27 April 1960 to 13 January 1963	Sylvanus Olympio, President	CUT	Deposed and assassinated
13 January 1963 to 15 January 1963	Emmanuel Bodjollé, Chairman of the Insurrection Committee	Mil
16 January 1963 to 13 January 1967	Nicolas Grunitzky, President	PTP	Deposed
14 January 1967 to 14 April 1967	Kléber Dadjo, Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee	Mil
14 April 1967 to 30 November 1969	Étienne Eyadéma, President	Mil
30 November 1969 to 8 May 1974	Étienne Eyadéma, President	RPT	Changed name to Gnassingbé Eyadéma
8 May 1974 to 5 February 2005	Gnassingbé Eyadéma, President	RPT	Died in office
5 February 2005 to 25 February 2005	Faure Gnassingbé, President	RPT	1st time
25 February 2005 to 4 May 2005	Bonfoh Abbass, Acting President	RPT
4 May 2005 to present	Faure Gnassingbé, President	RPT	2nd time

e • d **Summary of the 24 April 2005 Togo presidential election results**
Candidates - nominating parties	Votes	%
Faure Gnassingbé - Rally for the Togolese People (Rassemblement du Peuple Togolais)		60.15
Emmanuel Bob-Akitani - Union of Forces for Change (Union des Forces du Changement), supported by Alliance of Democrats for Integral Development (Alliance des Démocrates pour le Développement Intégral), Action Committee for Renewal (Comité d'Action pour la Renouveau), Democratic Convention of African Peoples (Convention Démocratique des Peoples Africains) and Socialist Pact for Renewal (Pacte Socialiste pour le Renouveau)		38.25
Nicolas Lawson - Party for Renewal and Redemption (Parti pour le Renouveau et la Rédemption)		1.04
Harry Olympio - Rally for the Support of Democracy and Development (Rassemblement pour le soutien de la démocratie et du développement)		0.55
Total (turnout 63.6 %)	2,200,274
Registered voters	3,599,306
Total votes	2,288,279
Invalid or blank votes	88,005