Nicolas Grunitzky
Nicolas Grunitzky | |
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Grunitzky in 1964 | |
| 2nd President of Togo | |
| In office 16 January 1963 – 13 January 1967 | |
| Vice President | Antoine Meatchi |
| Preceded by | Emmanuel Bodjollé |
| Succeeded by | Kléber Dadjo |
| Prime Minister of Togo | |
| In office 12 September 1956 – 16 May 1958 | |
| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Sylvanus Olympio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 April 1913 |
| Died | 27 September 1969 (aged 56) |
| Party | PTP UDPT |
| Spouse | Vinolia Baeta |
| Relations | Sylvanus Olympio (brother-in-law) |
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Nicolas Grunitzky (French pronunciation: [nikɔla gʁynitski]; 5 April 1913 – 27 September 1969) was the second president of Togo and its third head of state. He was President from 1963 to 1967. Grunitzky was Prime Minister of Togo from 1956 to 1958 under the French Colonial loi cadre system, which created a limited "national" government in their colonial possessions. He was elected Prime Minister of Togo —still under French administration— in 1956. Following the 1963 coup which killed his nationalist political rival and brother-in-law Sylvanus Olympio, Grunitzky was chosen by the military committee of coup leaders to be Togo's second President.