1967 Togolese coup d'état

The 1967 Togolese coup d'état was a bloodless military coup that occurred in the West African country of Togo on 13 January 1967.^[1] The leader of the coup, Lieutenant Colonel Étienne Eyadéma (later General Gnassingbé Eyadéma) ousted Togo's second President, Nicolas Grunitzky, whom he essentially brought to power following the 1963 coup d'état.

1967 Togolese coup d'état
Date 13 January 1967 Location Lomé, Togo 6°7′55″N 1°13′22″E Result Coup attempt succeeds. Nicolas Grunitzky is removed from power. Kléber Dadjo is installed as the Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee.
Belligerents
Government	Army faction
Commanders and leaders
Nicolas Grunitzky	Étienne Eyadéma Kléber Dadjo
Casualties and losses
No casualties reported.
Nexus of coup in Lomé (marked green), Togo

Following the coup, political parties were banned, and all constitutional processes were suspended. Colonel Kléber Dadjo was named interim President of Togo (as Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee), a position that he held until 14 April 1967, when Eyadéma assumed the presidency.^[1]

Eyadéma went on to rule the country until his death on 5 February 2005.^[2][3][4][5]

References

Notes

1. "Coups in Togo". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
2. "Gnassingbé Eyadéma, 69, Togo Ruler, Dies". The New York Times. February 7, 2005. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
3. "Togolese president Eyadema dies". BBC. February 6, 2005. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
4. Wurster 2005, p. 1566.
5. Kuranga 2012, p. 74.

Bibliography

• Wurster, Patrick F.A. (2005). "Togo: Eyadema, Gnassingbe, Life and Era of President of Togo". In Kevin Shillington (ed.). Encyclopedia of African History. Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 1566–1568. ISBN 1135456704.
• Kuranga, David Oladipupo (2012). The Power of Interdependence: Lessons from Africa. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-01993-6.