Gnassingbé Eyadema, 1972
Gnassingbé is an African surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Faure Gnassingbé (born 1966), President of Togo (2005–present) *Kpatcha Gnassingbé (born 1970), Togolese politician *Gnassingbé Eyadéma (1935–2005), President of Togo (1967–2005) See also *Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport Gnassingbé is an African surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Faure Gnassingbé (born 1966), President of Togo (2005–present) *Kpatcha Gnassingbé (born 1970), Togolese politician *Gnassingbé Eyadéma Gnassingbé Eyadéma (; bo ...

Faure Gnassingbé
Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé (; born 6 June 1966)"Biographie de nouveau président"
, Radio Lome . is a Togolese politician who has led Togo since 2005, first as the fourth president of the Togolese Republic until May 2025 and then as the first president of the Council of Ministers of Togo onwards. He is the son of the third president, Gnassingbé Eyadéma. Before assuming the presidency, he was appointed by his father as Minister of Equipment, Mines, Posts, and Telecommunications, serving from 2003 to 2005. Following Eyadéma's death in 2005, Gnassingbé was immediately installed as president with support from the Military of Togo, army and was appointed President of the National Assembly (Togo), president of the National Assembly to further legitimise his succession. However, doubts regarding the co ...
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Kpatcha Gnassingbé
Kpatcha Gnassingbé (born 6 September 1970List of 2007 candidates in Kozah
CENI website .) is a Togolese politician. He is a son of Gnassingbé Eyadéma, President of Togo from 1967 to 2005, and a brother of Faure Gnassingbé, who has been President since 2005. From 2005 to 2007, Kpatcha Gnassingbé was Minister of Defense. In April 2009, he was arrested on suspicion of plotting to overthrow his brother.

Political career

Gnassingbé was born in Lomé, the capital; both of his parents were from northern Togo. During his father's presidency, he was closely associated with the military
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Gnassingbé Eyadéma
Gnassingbé Eyadéma (; born Étienne Eyadéma Gnassingbé, 26 December 1935 – 5 February 2005) was a Togolese military officer and politician who served as the third president of Togo from 1967 until his death in 2005, after which he was immediately succeeded by his son, Faure Gnassingbé. Eyadéma participated in two successful military Coup d'état, coups, in January 1963 and January 1967, and became president on 14 April 1967. As president, he created a political party, the Rally of the Togolese People (), and headed an Anti-Communism, anti-communist One-party state, single-party régime until the early 1990s, when reforms leading to multiparty elections began. Although his rule was seriously challenged by the events of the early 1990s, he ultimately consolidated power again and won multiparty presidential elections in 1993, 1998 and 2003; the opposition boycotted the 1993 election and denounced the 1998 and 2003 election results as fraudulent. At the time of his death, Eyad ...
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