List of presidents of Togo

This is a list of presidents of Togo since the creation of the job of president in 1960, to the present day.

President of the Togolese Republic Président de la République togolaise
Coat of arms of Togo
Incumbent Faure Gnassingbé since 4 May 2005
Residence	Palace of the Governors, Lomé
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Sylvanus Olympio
Formation	27 April 1960

List of Presidents

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office		Political affiliation
				Took office	Left office
		Bouyo Moukpé		21 June 1957	21 June 1957
		Nicolas Grunitzky		21 June 1957	27 April 1958
1		Sylvanus Olympio (1902–1963)	1961	27 April 1958	13 January 1963 (assassinated.)	CUT
—		Antoine Meatchi		13 January 1963	13 January 1963	CUT
_		Jonathan Sanvi De Tové		13 January 1963	13 January 1963
2		Chairman of the Insurrection Committee		13 January 1963	13 January 1963
3		Emmanuel Bodjollé (1928–)[lower-alpha 1]	—	13 January 1963	15 January 1963	Military
4		Nicolas Grunitzky (1913–1969)	1963	16 January 1963	13 January 1967 (deposed.)	MPT
—		Barthélémy Lamboni		13 January 1967	14 January 1967
5		Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee		14 January 1967	16 January 1967
6		Kléber Dadjo (1914–1988/89)[lower-alpha 2]	—	16 January 1967	14 April 1967	Military
7		Gnassingbé Eyadéma (1935–2005)[lower-alpha 3]	1972 1979 1986 1993 1998 2003	14 April 1967	5 February 2005 (died in office.)	Military / RPT
_		Georges Apedo Amah		1981	1981
_		Mawupé Valentin Vovor		1986	1986
—		Messan Acouetey		1988	1988
—		Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro		1February 1994	1 February 1994
—		Maurice Dahuku Péré		3 March 1999	3 March 1999
—		Agbéyomé Kodjo		29 August 2000	29 August 2000
—		Fambaré Ouattara Natchaba	_	5 February 2005	5 February 2005	RPT
8		Zakari Nandja	—	5 February 2005	5 February 2005	RPT
9		Faure Gnassingbé (1966–)[lower-alpha 4]	—	5 February 2005[lower-alpha 5]	25 February 2005 (resigned.)[lower-alpha 6]	RPT
10		Emmanuel Bob-Akitani		25 February 2005	25 February 2005
11		Gilchrist Olympio		25 February 2005	25 February 2005
12		Bonfoh Abass (1948–2021)[lower-alpha 7]	—	25 February 2005	4 May 2005	RPT
(9)		Faure Gnassingbé (1966–)[lower-alpha 4]	2005 2010 2015 2020	4 May 2005	Incumbent	RPT / UNIR
—		Komi Sélom Klassou		10 June 2015	10 June 2015
—		Dama Dramani		20 December 2018	20 December 2018	UNIR
_		Yawa Djigbodi Tségan	—	24 January 2019	24 January 2020	UNIR

1. Styled asChairman of the Insurrection Committee.
2. Styled as Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee.
3. Previously named Étienne Eyadéma; changed name on 8 May 1974 due to the policy of Africanization, and to commemorate survival of a crash of his Douglas C-47 Skytrain presidential plane on 24 January 1974.
4. Son of Gnassingbé Eyadéma.
5. Proclaimed president by General Zakari Nandja , Chief of Staff of the Togolese Armed Forces, and confirmed by the National Assembly.
6. Stepped down due to heavy regional pressure, caused over doubts regarding the constitutional legitimacy of his succession.
7. Succeeded Eyadéma as the constitutional successor, President of the National Assembly.

Other websites

• World Statesmen – Togo
• 1992 Constitution of Togo (as amended in 2007)(in English)