1967 Togolese coup d'état

1967 coup in Togo 1967 Togolese coup d'état File:Location Togo AU Africa.svg 13 January 1967 Lomé, Togo 6 7 55 N 1 13 22 E region:TG inline,title Togo yes 200px Green pog.svg 10 Nexus of coup in Lomé (marked green), Togo Coup attempt succeeds. Nicolas Grunitzky is removed from power. Kléber Dadjo is installed as the Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee. Togo Government Togo Army faction Nicolas Grunitzky Étienne EyadémaKléber Dadjo No casualties reported. The 1967 Togolese coup d'état was a bloodless military coup that occurred in the West African country of Togo on 13 January 1967. Coups in Togo https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/togo.htm globalsecurity.org 2019-03-10 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. 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. Eyadéma went on to rule the country until his death on 5 February 2005.The New York Times Gnassingbé Eyadéma, 69, Togo Ruler, Dies https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/07/international/africa/07eyadema.html February 7, 2005 March 10, 2019BBC Togolese president Eyadema dies https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4239983.stm February 6, 2005 March 10, 2019Wurster 2005 1566Kuranga 2012 74 References Notes 30em Bibliography Wurster Patrick F.A. 2005 Togo: Eyadema, Gnassingbe, Life and Era of President of Togo Encyclopedia of African History Kevin Shillington 1566–1568 Taylor & Francis Group 1135456704 Kuranga David Oladipupo The Power of Interdependence: Lessons from Africa https://books.google.com/books?id=iRPIAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA74 2012 Palgrave Macmillan 978-1-137-01993-6 Category:Coups d'état in Togo Togo coup Coup Category:January 1967 in Africa Category:1960s coups d'état