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): Alexei Glukhov • Arthur Hailey • Curt Bois • Edem Rjaïbi • Elihu Yale • Ernest Lewis (tennis) • Félix de Muelenaere • John Carey (critic) • K. Kailasapathy • Lee Jae-won (singer) • Liemarvin Bonevacia • Richard Sánchez (footballer, born 1994) • Rune Brattsveen • Stanley Turrentine • Willy Planckaert

Born in the same month (April 1913): Charles Vanik • Dave Albritton • Diosa Costello • Frances Langford • Irving Adler • Jean Fournet • Ken Carpenter (discus thrower) • Memos Makris • Rosemary Lane (actress) • Ruth Smith (artist) • Stefan Heym