Nicolas Grunitzky

Nicolas Grunitzky 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.

5 April 1913

Born on the same birth date (5 April 1913): Antoni Clavé • Ruth Smith (artist)

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Abdelraouf Benguit • Adrienne Lecouvreur • Alfonso Thiele • Andreas Bouchalakis • Andy Linden (racing driver) • Christopher Hewett • David Winters (choreographer) • Dennis Mortimer • Dwain Chambers • Gloria Macapagal Arroyo • Habib Elghanian • Joris Mathijsen • Les Binks • Matthew Emmons • Peter Penz • Pope Urban VIII • Quade Cooper • Sosuke Takatani • Stanisław Grabski • Stephen Jackson • Takayoshi Yamano • Toshiko Fujita • Ubol Ratana

Born in the same month (April 1913): Dave Albritton • Dieter Grau • Diosa Costello • Irving Adler • Jules Léger • Kermit Tyler • Nikolaos Roussen • Oleg Cassini • Per Borten • Ruth Smith (artist) • Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune