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): Antoni Clavé • Axel von Fersen the Elder • Chester B. Bowles • Edem Rjaïbi • Erland Johnsen • Fernando Morientes • Frans Gommers • Franziskus Herzan von Harras • Género Zeefuik • Ivar Giaever • Johnny Revolta • Juan Gisbert Sr. • Larry Franco • Mary Costa • Pavlo Khnykin • Roman Steinberg • Simona Cavallari (actress) • Stephen Jackson • Willeke van Ammelrooy

Born in the same month (April 1913): Dave Brown (rugby league, born 1913) • Dieter Grau • Frances Langford • Irving Adler • Ken Carpenter (discus thrower) • Louise Currie • Norman Parkinson • Oleg Cassini • Per Borten • Philip Abelson • Rose Murphy • Rosemary Lane (actress) • Ruth Smith (artist)