1967 Togolese coup d'état
Date 13 January 1967 Location Lomé,Togo 6°7′55″N1°13′22″E / 6.13194°N 1.22278°E /6.13194; 1.22278 Result Coup attempt succeeds. Nicolas Grunitzky is removed from power. Kléber Dadjo is installed as the Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee.
Belligerents
Government	Army faction
Commanders and leaders
Nicolas Grunitzky	Étienne Eyadéma Kléber Dadjo
Casualties and losses
No casualties reported.
class=notpageimage| Nexus of coup in Lomé (marked green), Togo

The1967 Togolese coup d'état was a bloodlessmilitarycoup that occurred in theWest African country ofTogo on 13 January 1967.^[1] The leader of the coup, Lieutenant Colonel Étienne Eyadéma (later GeneralGnassingbé Eyadéma) ousted Togo's second President,Nicolas Grunitzky, whom he essentially brought to power following the1963 coup d'état.

Following the coup, political parties were banned, and all constitutional processes were suspended. ColonelKléber Dadjo was named interim President of Togo (asChairman of the National Reconciliation Committee), a position that he held until 14 April 1967, when Eyadéma assumed the presidency.^[1]

Eyadéma went on to rule the country until his death on 5 February 2005.^[2][3][4][5]

• Wurster, Patrick F.A. (2005). "Togo: Eyadema, Gnassingbe, Life and Era of President of Togo". In Kevin Shillington (ed.).Encyclopedia of African History. Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 1566–1568.ISBN 1135456704.
• Kuranga, David Oladipupo (2012).The Power of Interdependence: Lessons from Africa. Palgrave Macmillan.ISBN 978-1-137-01993-6.

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