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Nicolas Grunitzky

1913–1969 · 20th century

Nicolas Grunitzky was a Togolese politician who led parties favouring close ties with France in French Togoland and became prime minister of the autonomous republic in 1956. Defeated by Sylvanus Olympio's Committee of Togolese Unity in the UN-supervised elections of 1958, he returned after Olympio's assassination in 1963 as president, until Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrew him in 1967.

Nicolas Grunitzky
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French Togoland

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