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): Alexander of Battenberg • Antoni Clavé • Jagjivan Ram • Lana Clarkson • Leo Stern • Linas Pilibaitis • Marie Jules César Savigny • Pierre Nihant • Ricardo Ferrero • Song Jiaoren • Tom Riley (actor)

Born in the same month (April 1913): Antoni Clavé • Charles Vanik • Dave Albritton • Dieter Grau • Diosa Costello • Frances Langford • Irving Adler • Jean Fournet • Jules Léger • Kermit Tyler • Louise Currie • Luz Long • Mimis Fotopoulos • Nikolaos Roussen • Norman Parkinson • Oleg Cassini • Rose Murphy • Ruth Smith (artist) • Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune • Stefan Heym • Willi Hennig