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Faure Gnassingbe (6 June ) was President of Togo from 5 February , succeeding Gnassingbe Eyadema.

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Faure Gnassingbe was born Afagnan, Lacs Prefecture, Togo on 6 June , the son of Togolese dictator Gnassingbe Eyadema, and he studied business management at the Sorbonne in Paris, France and at George Washington University in the United States. In , as a member of the Rally of the Togolese People party, Gnassingbe was elected to the National Assembly as a deputy, and his father effectively made him his heir apparent by lowering the minimum presidential age to Gnassingbe seized power from National Assembly president Fambare Ouattara Natchaba, who was out of the country at the time, in a coup; Natchaba chose not to return to the country out of fear that he would be assassinated. Gnassingbe killed 1, protesters and created 40, refugees, and he assumed power as the new dictatorial ruler.

President of Togo since

Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé (French pronunciation:[fɔʁɲasɛ̃ɡbe]; born 6 June ^[1]) is a Togolese politician who has been the fourth president of Togo since Before assuming the presidency, he was appointed by his father, President Gnassingbé Eyadéma, as Minister of Equipment, Mines, Posts, and Telecommunications, serving from to

Following President Eyadéma's death in , Gnassingbé was immediately installed as president with support from the army.^[2] Doubts regarding the constitutional legitimacy of the succession led to heavy regional pressure being placed on Gnassingbé, and he subsequently resigned on 25 February. He then won a controversial presidential election on 24 April , and was sworn in as president. Gnassingbé was re-elected for a second term in

In the April presidential election, Gnassingbé won a third term, defeating his main challenger, Jean-Pierre Fabre, by a margin of about 59% to 35%, accordin

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